THE RATAN TATA BIOGRAPHY

Full Name - Ratan Naval Tata

Born - 28 December 1937, Surat, Gujarat, India

Current Residence - Kulaba Mumbai, India

Caste - Zoroastrian

Father's Name - Naval Tata

Mother's name - Sonu Tata

Presenting - A Businessman and Investor

Zoroastrianism

Educated - from Conrail University and Harvard University

Marriage - Not Married

Related - Simone Tata (Stepmother)

JRD Tata (uncle)

Noel Tata (half brother)

Honor - Padam Bhushan from the Government of India

Nano cars - are the product of Ratan Tata, India's cheapest car.

Tata Industry - Become Chairman of Tata Group and Group in 1981

Career / Business / Post: Dismissed Chairman of Tata Sons

Ratan Tata is a noted Indian industrialist and retired chairman of Tata Sons. He was the Chairman of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012. He relinquished the position of Chairman of the Tata Group on 28 December 2012 but still remains the Chairman of the Charitable Trust of the Tata Group. He was also the chairman of all major companies of the Tata Group such as Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals, Indian Hotels and Tata Teleservices. Under his leadership, the Tata group touched new heights and the group's revenue also increased manifold.

Early life

Ratan Tata was born on December 28, 1937 in the city of Surat, India. Ratan Tata is the son of Naval Tata who was adopted by Navajbai Tata after the death of her husband Ratanji Tata. When Ratan was ten years old and his younger brother, Jimmy, his parents (Naval and Sonu) separated from each other in the mid-1940s when he was seven. The two brothers were then raised by their grandmother Navajbai Tata. Ratan Tata also has a half-brother named Noel Tata.

Ratan did his early education from Campion School in Mumbai and secondary education from Cathedral and John Conan School. He then completed his BS with structural engineering in architecture from Cornell University in 1962. He then completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 1975.

Carrier

Before returning to India, Ratan worked for some time at Jones and Amons in Los Angeles, California. He started his career with the Tata group in 1961. In the early days he worked on the shop floor of Tata Steel. He then joined other companies of the Tata group. In 1971, he was appointed Director-in-charge of National Radio and Electronics Company (NELCO). In 1981, he was made the chairman of Tata Industries. In 1991, JRD Tata relinquished the position of chairman of the group and succeeded Ratan Tata.

Under the leadership of Ratan, the Tata group touched new heights. Under his leadership, Tata Consultancy Services issued a public issue and was listed on the Tata Motors New York Stock Exchange. In 1998, Tata Motors introduced the first fully Indian passenger car - Tata Indica. Later, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, Tata Motors 'Jaguar Land Rover' and Tata Steel acquired 'Corus', which increased Tata Group's credibility with the Indian industry. The Tata Nano - the world's cheapest passenger car - is also a result of Ratan Tata's own thinking.

On 28 December 2012, he retired from all executive responsibilities of the Tata group. He was succeeded by 44-year-old Cyrus Mistry. Although the Tatas are now retired, they are still working. Recently, he made his personal investment in India's e-commerce company Snapdeal. Along with this, he has also invested in another e-commerce company Urban Ladder and Chinese mobile company Xiaomi.

Ratan is currently the retired chairman of the Tata group. Along with this, he also remains the chairman of 2 trusts of Tata Sons.

Ratan Tata has played an important role in many organizations in India as well as in other countries. He is a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry and the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council. Ratan is also a director on the board of several companies.

Amazing Fact About Tata

There are 110 companies within Tata group,in which Tata makes everything from tea to five-star hotels, from needles to steel and Lakhtakia from Nano to airplanes.

*. Ratan Tata is very fond of pets.

*. Tata also likes to fly airplanes and he has got a license for this.

*. Ratan Tata has received Padma Bhushan and Padam Vibhushan on behalf of the Government of India.

*. Ratan Tata fell in love 4 times but never got married because Ratan Tata and Pyaar also came to have some difficulty.

*. Ratan Tata was born on 28 December 1937 in Surat, Gujarat. Father Naval and mother Sonu adopted Ratan Tata. Their parents separated from them at the age of just 10, when Naval and Sonu raised them.