“Cyrus Mistry, an Indian-born Irish businessman and former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, has died in an accident after his car crashed into a road divider in western India, police said. He was 54.
“The crash occurred on a river bridge in Maharashtra state’s Palghar district near Mumbai on Sunday, police officer Prakash Gaekwad said.
“Mistry served as chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the $300bn salt-to-software Tata conglomerate, for five years until he was removed by the board in October 2016. He challenged the board’s decision, but India’s top court upheld his dismissal.”
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