Ratan Tata is an Indian businessman who served as the Chairman of Tata Sons. He joined the Tata Group in 1962 and was appointed Chairman in 1991. Under his leadership, the Tata Group expanded globally into new business areas and acquired several global brands. Some of his major achievements include launching the Tata Indica, acquiring Tetley, Corus Steel, Jaguar Land Rover, and forming a joint venture between Tata Global Beverages and Starbucks. Ratan Tata is recognized for his visionary leadership, business strategy skills, and commitment to ethics and social responsibility. He stepped down as Chairman in 2012 at age 75, leaving behind a stronger global Tata Group.
2. A PROFILE OF RATAN
TATA
• Born on December 28, 1937
• Ratan`s childhood was troubled, his parents separating in the
mid-1940s, when he was about seven and his younger brother
Jimmy was five.
• Tata began his schooling in Bombay at the Campion School and
the Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, and finished his secondary
education at the Cathedral and John Connon School.
• Graduated with a degree in Architecture and Structural
Engineering from Cornell University in 1962.
• Did Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business
School in 1975.
• Turned down job in IBM to join his own business.
• In 1962 he joined Tata Group.
3. Personal Life
➢Ratan Tata was
adopted by Naval Tata
and Soonoo.
➢Tata is single and leads
a modest lifestyle in his
bachelor apartment.
➢The US-educated
bachelor lives alone
with his two German
Shepherds in an
apartment in Mumbai.
4. Personal life
➢ He is known to be a
supporter of the
traditional Parsi way of
life.
➢ He has a passion for
home cooked food and
is known to indulge
deeply in art collection.
➢ A trained pilot who still
takes to the skies on his
own aircraft has picked
up a number of awards.
5. Career at TATA
1962: Joined the Tata Group.
1971: He was appointed as the Director-in-charge of the
National Radio & Electronics Company Ltd.
1977: The lock out was imposed for 7 months and the
venture did not survive.
1977: Ratan Tata was entrusted with the Empress mill.(The
textile mill controlled by Tatas)
1981: Ratan Tata was named as the Chairman of Tata
Industries,groups and the holding companies.
2000: Tata Tea, now Tata Global Beverages, acquired the
Tetley group, the world's second largest manufacturer and
distributor of tea. Tetley is the largest tea company in the
UK.
6. Career at TATA
2002: The group acquires a controlling stake in
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. VSNL was founded in
1986 and was the first Indian PSU to be listed on
the New York Stock Exchange.
2003: Tata Consultancy Services became the first
Indian software company to cross $1 billion in
revenue. The company went public a year later.
2004: Tata Motors is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange. The company also acquires the heavy
vehicles unit of Daewoo Motors the same year.
7. Career at TATA
2007: Tata Steel successfully acquires Anglo-Dutch
company Corus, the second-largest steel maker in
Europe.
2007: Tata four wheeler Tata elegante was launched.
2008: The smallest car Nano was launched costing Rs.1
lakh, which was told and highlighted in the press
meeting in the year 2007.
2008: Tata Motors acquires the Jaguar and Land Rover
businesses from Ford, and forms a new company,
Jaguar Land Rover.
2012: Tata Global Beverages and Starbucks form a joint
venture, Tata Starbucks Ltd, and open their first store in
Mumbai.
2012 : Stepped down as the Chairman of Tata Group at
the age of 75.
8. WHAT M A K E H I M
A LEADER???
• True visionary
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Initiator
A man of values
Good at handling human
relations
• Firm and determined leader
• Creative and innovative
• A good strategist
• Risk taker
9. TRUE VISIONARY
• It is Ratan Tata’s path breaking
vision that has led Tata Group to
become one of India’s largest
conglomerates with 98 operating
companies spread across 56
countries.
• At Rs. 3.46 lakh crore, the Tata
Group revenue is 40 times the 1991
level ( 6 0 % of which comes from
overseas), while its net profit has
gone up four times.
• The Tata Group today includes
India's largest private steel
company, the biggest auto
manufacturer and the largest IT
outsourcing firm.
10. INITIATOR
• He successfully introduced the first
indigenously developed passenger car Indica
in India in 1998. It became the no. 1 car in its
segment in two years.
• Tata Tea, now Tata Global Beverages,
acquired the Tetley group in 2000, the world's
second largest manufacturer of tea.
• Tata Global Beverages formed a joint venture
with Starbucks i.e. Tata Starbucks Ltd, and
helped Starbucks launch themselves in India
by opening their first store in Mumbai.
11. A MAN OF VALUES
• The leadership qualities of Ratan Tata are
coupled with his commitment to social
service, justice and responsibility.
• He holds the chairmanship of the Tata
Trusts and is known to promote financial
transparency and intense vetting for
grants for projects that claim to help the
needy.
• He is known to be an industrious man with
global aspirations, and commitment to
quality work that gives real value of money
as is amply demonstrated by his interest in
frugal engineering ventures like Tata Indica
and Tata Nano.
12. GOOD AT HANDLING HUMAN
RELATIONS
• He is a man who is known to give great
importance to Human Relations.
• Ratan Tata working style is that of working
together with all officers by using unity of
command and unity of direction.
• The Tata group instituted an eight hour
workday before nearly any other company in
the world.
• He expanded CEO’s concept of community
philanthropy to be included in the workplace,
as evidenced by the Tata Group’s steadfast
commitment to social service. (Jaago Re
campaign)
13. FIRM DETERMINATION
• Ratan Tata was appointed the director-in-
charge of National Radio and Electronics
Company (NELCO). The company held
barely 2 % of the market share which
ultimately led to its collapse.
• Later again, he was given charge of the
Empress Mills in 1977 which was in bad
shape. Due to a weak economy and a
prolonged workers’ strike, the Empress
Mills floundered and was finally closed.
• These two 'failures' haunted Ratan for
decades. His track record was held
suspect even when he took charge in
1991 but he never looked back, and
ultimately proved his critics wrong.
14. CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE
• Ratan Tata used his excellent
innovative vision in Titan Edge
watches which developed the
thinnest watch in the world and
in Nano, the cheapest car in the
world.
• The Tata group also developed
Tata Swach-a home water
purification device at low cost
that operates without electricity.
15. STRATEGIST
• He is a deep thinker and
an extremely strategic
person. He is always
thinking 2 steps ahead of
his competitors.
• Under his leadership, 32
companies were acquired
worldwide.
• He is credited with
conceptualizing Nano,
the cheapest car in the
world.
16. RISK TAKER
• The critics declared that “the
Corus deal would lead the group
to bankruptcy”. But Ratan Tata
took the risk and today, it is
considered one of the most
successful acquisitions.
• It was said that the Jaguar and
Land Rover deal would be
disastrous: the brands were
troubled and demand was low.
But Tata went on to prove
everyone wrong and today, both
companies are doing really well.
17. Ethics
• He maintain Tata’s Tradition of work with Ethics
• Today Tata is Known for his work ethics
18. Tata on 2-G Scam
• After their name in 2g scam, he was the first to come
forward and asked for detail investigation. He said we are
still ethical.
19. Year Nam e Awarding organization
2012 Honorary Degree
The University of New South
Wales
2010 Business Leader of the Year The Asian Awards.
2010 Honorary Doctor of Laws Pepperdine University.
2010 Legend in Leadership Award Yale University.
2008 Honorary Doctor of Science
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur.
2008 Honorary Doctor of Law University of Cambridge.
2007 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace.
2005 Honorary Doctor of Science University of Warwick.
2004
Honorary Degree of Doctor of
Technology
Asian Institute of Technology.
Honours and Awards