Ratan Tata is the former chairman of Tata Group, one of India's largest conglomerates. He joined Tata in 1962 and became chairman in 1991. During his tenure, Tata Group expanded globally through strategic acquisitions and diversified into various sectors. Some of his major achievements include launching India's cheapest car Tata Nano, acquiring Jaguar Land Rover, Corus Steel and VSNL. He is credited with transforming Tata Group into a global brand. Ratan Tata stepped down as chairman in 2012 at age 75 but remains committed to the growth of the company through his leadership and vision. He is an internationally renowned business leader recognized for his business acumen and emphasis on ethics.

1. RATAN TATA
Chairman
Emeritus of
the Tata
Group

2. A PROFILE OF RATAN TATA
• Born on December 28, 1937
• Tata is the adoptive great-grandson of Tata group founder Jamsetji
Tata.
• 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.
1972-1975:NELCO grew up and wiped out its losses. But
under the state of emergency the demand for
consumer goods slumped which led to union problems.
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)

6. 1981: Ratan Tata was named as the Chairman of Tata
Industries,groups and the holding companies.
1986: The mill got closed due to some problems.
1991: He took over as a group chairman from Mr. J R D
Tata.
1998: The Tata Indica, the conglomerate's first passenger
car, was launched this year. The car went on to become
the No. 1 brand in its segment within two years.
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.
Career at TATA

7. 2001: Tata AIG, a joint venture between the Tata group and
American International Group Inc (AIG), marks the re-entry of
the Tata group into the insurance sector. The group's
insurance company, New India Assurance, founded by Dorab
Tata in 1919, was nationalised in 1956.
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.
Career at TATA

8. 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.
Career at TATA

9. WHAT MAKES
HIM
A LEADER???

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

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

16. 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.

17. • Strenghths - Visionary
Initiator
Strategist
• Weakness - Less Autocratic
Successors
Ownership
Dependable

18. • Opportunities – Adaptability
Changing Champoins
Business Ethics
• Threats - Risk Takers
Perfectionsists
Question the unquestionable

19. A Promise Is a Promise
TATA NANO

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

21. 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.
The company shifted the factory to Sanand,
Gujarat.

22. 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.

23. Honours and Awards
• Ratan Tata's foreign affiliations include membership of the international
advisory boards of the Mitsubishi Corporation, the American
International Group, JP Morgan Chase and Booz Allen Hamilton.
• He is also a member of the board of trustees of the R&D
Corporation, University of Southern California and Cornell University.
• He also serves as a board member on South Africa's International
Investment Council.
• He is a member of the Asia-Pacific advisory committee for the New
York Stock Exchange.
• He received the Padma Bhushan in 2000.
• He received the Padma Vibhushan in 2008.
• Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by Rockefeller Foundation in
2012.
• In 2009, Tata was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the
British Empire (K.B.E.).

24. Year Name 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

25. Companies owned by Tata Group:
• Tata Consultancy Services
• Tata Steel Limited
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Tata Motors Limited
• Titan Company Limited
• Tata Chemical Limited
• Tata Power Company Limited
• Indian Hotels Company Limited
• Tata Communication Limited
• Voltas Limited

26. Companies owned by Tata Group:
• Tata Investment Corporation Limited
• Tata Metaliks Limited
• Tata Elxsi Limited
• Tata Coffee Limited
• Tata Consumer Products Ltd
• Tata Autocomp System
• Tata Capital
• Air India
• Tanishq
• And many more…..

27. Ratan Tata net worth
Name Ratan Tata
Net Worth(2021) $1 Billion
Net Worth in INR INR 7416 Crore
Profession Businessmen
Monthly Income & Salary 90 crore +

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