[PAR] [TLE] Pallonji Mistry [SEP] Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (born 1929) is an Irish Indian construction tycoon and chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group.  According to "Forbes", his wealth is estimated to be US$16.9 billion as of September 2016.  With his 18.4% stake in Tata Sons, he is the single largest shareholder in India's largest private conglomerate Tata Group.  He is the chairman of the "Shapoorji Pallonji Group" through which he owns Shapoorji Pallonji Construction Limited, Forbes Textiles and Eureka Forbes Limited.  He is the former chairman of Associated Cement Companies.  Pallonji gave up his Indian citizenship in 2003 to obtain Irish nationality, because India does not yet allow dual nationality .  His son Cyrus was chairman of Tata Sons from November 2011 to October 2016.  A short biography of Mistry was written in a 2008 book by Manoj Namburu titled "The Moguls of Real Estate".  He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in January 2016 by the Government of India for his contributions in the field of trade and industry. [PAR] [TLE] Shapoorji Pallonji Group [SEP] The Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group) is an Indian business conglomerate in India with interests in construction, real estate, textiles, engineering goods, home appliances, shipping, publications, power, and biotechnology.  It was headed by Pallonji Mistry until 2012, when he announced his retirement and his son Shapoor Mistry took charge.  Shapoorji Pallonji is regarded as "one of India's most valuable private enterprises".  The promoters of the group are also the largest individual shareholders in Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group.  The US$2.5 billion Shapoorji Pallonji Group have two listed companies, Forbes & Company Ltd. (), and Gokak Textiles.  Forbes was already listed when bought by Shapoorji Pallonji, though there was speculation in 2006 that group company Afcons Infrastructure would go public via an IPO.
[PAR] [TLE] Pallonji Mistry [ SEP ] Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry ( born 1929 ) is an Irish Indian construction tycoon and chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group . According to " Forbes " , his wealth is estimated to be US$ 16.9 billion as of September 2016 . With his 18.4 % stake in Tata Sons , he is the single largest shareholder in India 's largest private conglomerate Tata Group . He is the chairman of the " Shapoorji Pallonji Group " through which he owns Shapoorji Pallonji Construction Limited , Forbes Textiles and Eureka Forbes Limited . He is the former chairman of Associated Cement Companies . Pallonji gave up his Indian citizenship in 2003 to obtain Irish nationality , because India does not yet allow dual nationality . His son Cyrus was chairman of Tata Sons from November 2011 to October 2016 . A short biography of Mistry was written in a 2008 book by Manoj Namburu titled " The Moguls of Real Estate " . He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in January 2016 by the Government of India for his contributions in the field of trade and industry . [PAR] [TLE] Shapoorji Pallonji Group [ SEP ] The Shapoorji Pallonji Group ( SP Group ) is an Indian business conglomerate in India with interests in construction , real estate , textiles , engineering goods , home appliances , shipping , publications , power , and biotechnology . It was headed by Pallonji Mistry until 2012 , when he announced his retirement and his son Shapoor Mistry took charge . Shapoorji Pallonji is regarded as " one of India 's most valuable private enterprises " . The promoters of the group are also the largest individual shareholders in Tata Sons , the holding company of the Tata Group . The US$ 2.5 billion Shapoorji Pallonji Group have two listed companies , Forbes & Company Ltd. ( ) , and Gokak Textiles . Forbes was already listed when bought by Shapoorji Pallonji , though there was speculation in 2006 that group company Afcons Infrastructure would go public via an IPO .
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group was headed by the man who had an estimated wealth of what figure, as of September 2016?
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group was headed by the man who had an estimated wealth of what figure , as of September 2016 ?
US$16.9 billion
US$16.9 billion