Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry was born on June 1, 1929, in a Parsi family in Gujarat
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He was a construction tycoon & Shapoorji Pallonji groups chairmen
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His company constructed some of the famous landmark buildings of Mumbai, like the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai
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He was chairmen of the Shapoorji Pallonji group; this group owns Forbes textiles, Eureka Forbes & Shapoorji Pallonji construction
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Shapoorji Pallonji group started 150 years ago and now employs more than 50000 people in over 50 countries
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His net worth was $29 billion at the time of his death
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His father bought tata sons shares in 1930,s which is currently an 18.4% stake in tata sons.
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He was the largest individual shareholder of the Tata sons
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Pallonji gave up his Indian citizenship in 2003 to become an Irish citizen. He lived in Mumbai only
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The Indian government awarded him Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution to trade
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He had four children. His younger son Cyrus Mistry served the tata group as chairmen
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At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest Irish billionaire and 143 rd richest man in the world