Ratan Tata is the chairman of Tata Sons and the Tata Group conglomerate. He joined the Tata Group in 1962 and worked his way up, becoming chairman in 1991. Under his leadership, the Tata Group expanded globally through strategic acquisitions such as Tetley Tea, Corus Steel, Jaguar Land Rover, and more. He is known for maintaining the Tata Group's ethical practices while transforming it into a global business through risk-taking and visionary decisions.

1. Mr. Ratan Tata Chairman Tata Sons

2. Ratan Tata Born- 28 December, 1937 Chairman- Tata Sons & Tata Group Chairman- Tata Steel Tata Motors Tata Power Tata Consultancy Services Tata Tea Tata Chemicals The Indian Hotels Company Tata Teleservices.

3. Journey of Ratan Tata After his parents separated in 1944, he was brought up by his grandmother and did his schooling in Mumbai, from Campion School. He received a Bachelor’s degree in architecture from America’s Cornell University in 1962. Turned down job in IBM to join his own business. In 1962 he joined Tata Group.

4. Journey of Ratan Tata 1962 – Worked at Tata Steel with other blue-collar employees. 1971 -He was appointed the Director of (Nelco) 1977 -He was asked to turn around the sick Empress Mills. 1981- JRD Tata became Tata Industries Chairman.

5. Journey of Ratan Tata 1991- He was appointed group chairman of the Tata group In 2000 he shelled out $435 million for Tetley Tea, In 2002 he paid $530 million for a 46% stake in VSNL. He bought Daewoo Motor Co.'s truck unit, Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. for $120 million

6. Journey of Ratan Tata In 2007 Ratan Tata lead Tata Group's acquisition of British steel maker CORUS. In 2008 Tata acquire Jaguar. In 2009 Tata launch Tata Nano- World cheapest car.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Tata Group The Tata Group consists of nearly 100 companies. Multinational conglomerate. 350,000 employees. Annual turnover of $62 billion USD. Tata’s contribution to India’s GDP is nearly 5.5%. 60% of its revenue comes from foreign countries. Six continents and more than 80 countries.

10. Very Dignified Ethical Dependable Believes In Keeping Promises Loyal And Believes In Relationships Risktaker Not A Speculator Exempalary Leadership Qualities And A Tremendous Motivator PERSONALITY………..

11. WHAT MAKES HIM A LEADER???

12. True Visionary

13. A shaky start never look back Initially Nelco and Empress mills were failure. The two 'failures' haunted Ratan for decades. His track record was suspect but he never looked back.

14. Think Big…and small as well 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

15. Liberalization The group was totally unprepared for liberalization, which was knocking on the door when he took over. Ratan knew the Tatas required a radical change in mindset and he set out to work in that direction.

16. Strategist He is a deep thinker and extremely strategic. He is always 2-3 steps ahead. Strategically acquire Daewoo motors and Vsnl. Tata becomes largest Indian Conglomerate

17. Go Global His Vision is to make Tata a Global company. He acquire Tetley Tea He acquire Jaguar Land Rover He acquire Corus.

18. Ethics He maintain Tata’s Tradition of work with Ethics Today Tata is Known for his work ethics

19. Risk taker-Tata corus “ The Corus deal would lead the group to bankruptcy” critics declared Today one of the most successful acquisition.

20. 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 money.

21. A Promise Is a Promise TATA NANO

22. “ Is this product three wheeler with stepney?” -Osamu Suzuki “ Rs 1 lakh car not Possible” -Hyundai Today Tata Nano is Reality.

23. Ratan Tata's pet Nano project was mired in controversy about land acquisition for the factory. After farmers in Singur, West Bengal, protested about forcible evictions and inadequate compensation, and Mamata Banerjee leapt into the fray, the Tatas pulled out of the state.

24. The company shifted the factory to Sanand, Gujarat. TATA NANO FACTORY IN GUJRAT,SANAND

25. Tata on 2-G Scam After their name in 2g scam, he is the first to come forward and asked for detail investigation. He said we are still ethical.