Cyrus Mistry was an Indian Irish businessman.
Mistry joined the family construction company, Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd as a director in 1991.
He then served as the chairperson of Tata Group from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the group, and only the second not to bear the surname Tata.
Mistry died in a road accident on September 4, 2022, at age 54 on the Surya River bridge, Charoti in Palghar district, Maharashtra, India.
Who died with Cyrus Mistry?
Cyrus Mistry and Director at KPMG Global Strategy Group, Jahangir Pandole died on the spot.
According to reports, “The two deceased seated in the back were not wearing seat belts due to which their airbags did not deploy. When the car crashed, they got jammed between the front and back seats.”
Who was in the car with Cyrus?
Three people were in the car with the former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry.
They are Dr. Anahita Pandole, a top gynecologist at Breach Candy Hospital, Darius Pandole, the managing director and CEO of JM Financial Private Equity and Director at KPMG Global Strategy Group, Jahangir Pandole.
The three Pandoles had gone to Udvada in Gujarat for a prayer ritual, and Mistry had accompanied them. They were returning to Mumbai on Sunday when the incident occurred on a bridge on the Surya River near Charoti in the Palghar district.
While Cyrus Mistry and Jahangir Pandole died, Dr. Anahita Pandole and her husband Darius Pandole sustained serious injuries but are currently recovering.