2. Ratan naval tata
Former Chairman of Tata Companies – Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata
Power, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Taj Hotels, Tata
Chemicals and Tata Teleservices from 1991 to2012 and 2016 to 2017.
Education:
Schooling from Campion School in Mumbai.
1955, graduated from Riverdale country School in New York City .
In 1959, he then received a B. Arch. degree in Architecture with
Structural Engineering from Cornell University.
In 1975, graduated from the Advanced Management Program of
Harvard Business School.
Who??
3. The Government of India conferred him with the Padma
Vibhushan in 2008 and the Padma Bhushan in 2000.
The Ohio State University honored Ratan Tata with the doctorate
degree in business administration.
An honorary fellowship by the London School of Economics.
In 1998, single group logo created and the Tata brand belonged to
Tata Sons.
In 1998, Tata Indica – India’s first indigenously designed and
manufactured car launched by Tata Motors.
In 2000, Tata Tea acquires the Tetley Group, UK. First major
acquisition of an international brand by an Indian Business Group.
In 2001, Tata AIG - A joint venture between the Tata Group and
American International Group (AIG) was set up.
Awards & Achievements
4. In 2002, Tata Sons acquires a controlling stake in VSNL.
In 2002, TCS becomes the first Indian software company to cross one
billion dollars in revenue.
In 2004, Tata Motors is listed on the world’s largest stock exchange, the
New York Stock Exchange.
In 2004, Tata Motors acquires the heavy vehicles unit of Daewoo Motors,
South Korea.
In July 2004, TCS goes public in the largest private sector initial public
offering (IPO) in the Indian market, raising nearly $1.2 billion.
In 2005, Tata Steel acquires singapore based steel company Natsteel
In 2006, Tata Sky satellite television service launched acriss the country.
In 2007, Tata Steel acquires the Anglo-Dutch company Corus, making it
the world’s fifth-largest steel producer.
Contd…
5. He joined the tata group in december 1962, after turning down a job
with IBM on the advice of JRD tata.
He was first sent to jamshedpur to work at tata steel.
Ratan tata succeeded his uncle jrd tata as group chairman in 1991 and
he became chairman of tata companies.
First 3 to 4 yrs were engaged in struggles with the satraps.
Thrust was equally on technology driven leadership, global
competitiveness and being among the top three domestically, regardless
of the line of business.
Career
10. Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and
hard work.
Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are
essential to the success of any enterprise.
Principles of Tata’s
11. Initially Nelco and Empress mills were failure.
The two 'failures' haunted Ratan for decades.
His track record was suspect but he never looked back.
Always move on ahead
12. While he guides the tata group to pick up the luxurious pierre hotel
in new york, he's also driving the launch of the budget ginger hotels
in india
Owns iconic jaguar and cheapest nano as well
Think big…and small as well
13. “The Corus deal would lead the group to bankruptcy” critics
declared.
Today, its one of the most successful acquisition Tata-jaguar Deal:
“Tata was driving straight to disaster with the Jaguar-Land Rover
deal: the brands were troubled, demand was low”.
Tata went on to prove everyone wrong. The group's international
acquisitions are doing well, some have started making serious
money.
Risk Taker Tata Corus:
14. Chairman of the Government of India’s Investment Commission
Respected member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and
Industry, the National Hydrogen Energy Board and the National
Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
Member of the American International Group, the Asia-Pacific
Advisory committee, JP Morgan Chase and Rolls Royce
One of the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange
Current position