3. Ratan Naval Tata (born 28 December 1937)
Is an Indian businessman, investor, philanthropist and chairman
Emeritus of Tata Sons. He was the chairman of Tata Group, a Mumbai-
based conglomerate from 1991–2012. He stepped down as the chairman
of Tata Group, on 28 December 2012 but continues as the chairman of the
Group's charitable trusts.
4. Early life
Ratan began his schooling in Mumbai at the Campion School and finished
his secondary education at the Cathedral and John Cannon School. He
completed his B.S. in architecture with structural engineering from Cornell
University in 1962, and the Advanced Management Program from Harvard
Business School in 1975.Tata is a member of the Alpha Sigma
Phi fraternity.
5. Born 28 December 1937 (age 77)
Surat, British India
Residence Colaba, Mumbai
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Cornell University
Harvard Business School
Occupation Chairman emeritus, Tata Sons
Chairman, Tata Trusts
Religion Zoroastrian
Relatives Tata family
Awards Padma Vibhusha (2008)
Padma Bhushan (2000)
6. Career
Tata began his career in the Tata group in 1961. He initially started on the
shop floor of Tata Steel, shoveling limestone and handling the blast
furnace. In 1991, J. R. D. Tata stepped down as Chairman of Tata Sons,
naming Ratan as his successor.
Under his stewardship, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, Tata Motors
acquired Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel acquired Corus, which have
turned Tata from a largely India-centric company into a global business,
with 65% revenues coming from abroad. He was instrumental in the
development of Tata Nano, largely dubbed as the world's cheapest
passenger car.
Ratan Tata retired from all executive responsibility in the Tata group on
28 December 2012, his 75th birthday, and he was succeeded by Cyrus
Mistry, the 44-year-old son of Pallonji Mistry and managing director of
Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
7. Ratan Tata has retired but he is still seen working. Recently, he
invested his personal savings in Snapdeal- one of India's leading e-
commerce website. Mr. Tata is working closely with Jaguar Land
Rover and some of the new models launched by the British marquee
have several inputs from Mr. Tata. In April 2015, it was reported that
Tata had acquired a stake in Chinese smart phone startup Xiaomi, with
specific terms undisclosed.
