6. Ratan tata was born to one of India's most prosperous industrialist families in Mumbai in 1937.
His grandfather Jamshedji tata was the founder of tata group., Who pioneered industrialization
In India after independence. Tata went to Cornell university in the US to study architecture and
Structural engineering and later pursued a management course from Harvard university.
Despite being the future chairman of tata group, he started his career at the root level working
Alongside blue-collar employees in tata steel division. In 1971, tata was appointed the director-in –
charge of the national radio and electronics company limited (NELCO)which was in a dire need
For a revival and turned it around.
7. Ratan Naval Tata, who recently turned 84, helmed the Tata Group as it’s Chairman till his
retirement
In 2012, followed by a stint as interim chairman in 2017 . The industrialist has been the recipient of
the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan, two of the highest awards instituted by the Indian
Government.
One of the biggest achievements of Ratan Tata was to make the Tata Brand go global, with
acquisitions such as Tetley Tea, Daewoo Motor’s truck manufacturing arm and Jaguar Land Rover
Apart from corus Group.
He also holds the membership of the international advisory board of the Mitsubishi cooperation,
the American international Group, JP Morgan Chase and Booze Allen Hamilton.