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'He was destined for greatness': India Inc grieves Cyrus Mistry's death

Leads to an outpouring of grief and shock among his industry colleagues

Cyrus Mistry
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Cyrus Mistry (Photo: Bloomberg/ Dhiraj Singh)

BS Reporters
Understated, warm congenial, low-profile, man of substance, and gentle - this is how most who have ever interacted with Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, 54, former chairman Tata Sons and scion of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, describe the man whose life was cut cruelly short in a car crash on Sunday. His untimely death has left the leaders of Corporate India in stunned disbelief.   

“Hard to digest this news. I got to know Cyrus well during his all-too-brief tenure as head of the House of Tata. I was convinced he was destined for greatness. If life had other plans for him, so