Known to like golf, he stays in a sea-facing house, also inhabited by his father and elder brother, in Mumbai's upscale Malabar Hill. Born into Mumbai's famous Parsi community, he is married to Rohika, daughter of legal luminary Iqbal Chagla.
He has an elder brother, Shapoor Mistry, while one of his sisters is married to Noel Tata, Ratan Tata's half-brother.
"He loves his underground profile," said Supriya Sule, member of parliament, daughter of union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and a close family friend, describing Mistry. "He has also always been very humble."