Mr. Pallonji Mistry served as Chairman at Shapoorji Pallonji Group of Companies. He was an Angel Investor. He also served as Board Member at Sterling & Wilson and Eureka Forbes. He controlled Mumbai-headquartered engineering and construction giant, 153-year-old Shapoorji Pallonji Group. The S.P. Group, run by Mistry's older son Shapoor, also owns Eureka Forbes, the country's leading brand of water purifiers. He held a master's degree in science with merit in strategic marketing from Imperial College, London. He was on the board of companies such as Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Limited, Afcons Infrastructure Limited, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Company Private Limited, Shapoorji Pallonji Oil and Gas Private Limited and Sterling and Wilson Private Limited.