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PHOTOS | Cyrus Mistry: A sharp-minded scion whose expulsion from Tata Group remains a mystery

Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Pallonji Mistry was on Sunday killed in a road accident after his car hit a divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai. He was 54. Till his appointment as the chairman to lead Tata Sons, not many knew of Cyrus Mistry, who was then associated only with his family business.
Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Pallonji Mistry was on Sunday killed in a road accident after his car hit a divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai. He was 54. Till his appointment as the chairman to lead Tata Sons, not many knew of Cyrus Mistry, who was then associated only with his family business. (File Photo | PTI)
Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Pallonji Mistry was on Sunday killed in a road accident after his car hit a divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai. He was 54. Till his appointment as the chairman to lead Tata Sons, not many knew of Cyrus Mistry, who was then associated only with his family business. (File Photo | PTI)
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A south Mumbai low-profile boy, 44-year-old Mistry family scion was already heading companies in the Shapoorji Pallonji Group when he was appointed to succeed Ratan Tata as the head of the over USD 100 billion, salt-to-software Tata group. A naturally reclusive nature and a conviction for the work to do the talking meant there was very little known about Mistry even during his time at the helm. (File Photo | PTI)
A south Mumbai low-profile boy, 44-year-old Mistry family scion was already heading companies in the Shapoorji Pallonji Group when he was appointed to succeed Ratan Tata as the head of the over USD 100 billion, salt-to-software Tata group. A naturally reclusive nature and a conviction for the work to do the talking meant there was very little known about Mistry even during his time at the helm. (File Photo | PTI)
An Irish national, Mistry was the youngest son of construction baron Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry. According to reports, he was reluctant to take up the job but some persuasion, including by Ratan Tata himself, led him to accept the offer. (File Photo | PTI)
An Irish national, Mistry was the youngest son of construction baron Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry. According to reports, he was reluctant to take up the job but some persuasion, including by Ratan Tata himself, led him to accept the offer. (File Photo | PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with then Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry during a visit to the Jaguar and Land Rover factory in Solihull, UK. Mistry was termed as a studious backroom executive who had a sharp mind. (File Photo | PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with then Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry during a visit to the Jaguar and Land Rover factory in Solihull, UK. Mistry was termed as a studious backroom executive who had a sharp mind. (File Photo | PTI)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at a meeting with then Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry in Hyderabad. (File Photo | PTI)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at a meeting with then Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry in Hyderabad. (File Photo | PTI)
After four years at the helm, Cyrus Mistry was replaced in a boardroom coup in October 2016, which saw Ratan Tata coming back to helm the group before the reigns were passed on to N Chandrasekhar. (File Photo | PTI)
After four years at the helm, Cyrus Mistry was replaced in a boardroom coup in October 2016, which saw Ratan Tata coming back to helm the group before the reigns were passed on to N Chandrasekhar. (File Photo | PTI)
The battle for narratives mounted by Mistry in the days following the removal saw some sharp attacks, including statements like “one man's ego” leading to bad business decisions at the group and also one which blamed Tata for not speaking the truth. (File Photo | PTI)
The battle for narratives mounted by Mistry in the days following the removal saw some sharp attacks, including statements like “one man's ego” leading to bad business decisions at the group and also one which blamed Tata for not speaking the truth. (File Photo | PTI)
Mistry claimed his work was appreciated a few months before and wanted to know the reasons that led to the sudden removal from the chairman's post. It then turned bitter, with Mistry dragging the storied corporate grouping to courts to get the reasons for his exit. (File Photo | PTI)
Mistry claimed his work was appreciated a few months before and wanted to know the reasons that led to the sudden removal from the chairman's post. It then turned bitter, with Mistry dragging the storied corporate grouping to courts to get the reasons for his exit. (File Photo | PTI)
Mistry did not do a single media interview from Bombay House but opened up to speak in the days following his ouster. Clarity on what exactly led the conscientious Tata Group to expel Mistry so shortly into his tenure remains elusive. (File Photo | PTI)
Mistry did not do a single media interview from Bombay House but opened up to speak in the days following his ouster. Clarity on what exactly led the conscientious Tata Group to expel Mistry so shortly into his tenure remains elusive. (File Photo | PTI)
Cyrus Mistry (seen here at at India Pavillion, Davos in Switzerland) is survived by his wife Rohiqa Chagla, daughter of Iqbal Chagla, one of India's most prominent lawyers, their two sons, an elder brother, Shapoor Mistry, and two sisters, Laila and Aloo. (Photo | Twitter)
Cyrus Mistry (seen here at at India Pavillion, Davos in Switzerland) is survived by his wife Rohiqa Chagla, daughter of Iqbal Chagla, one of India's most prominent lawyers, their two sons, an elder brother, Shapoor Mistry, and two sisters, Laila and Aloo. (Photo | Twitter)
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