Ratan Tata is the chairman of Tata Sons and the Tata Group, one of India's largest conglomerates. He was born in 1937 and received a degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1962. After briefly working at IBM, he joined Tata Steel in 1962 and took over as chairman of Tata Sons in 1991. Under his leadership, the Tata Group expanded globally through strategic acquisitions such as Tetley Tea, VSNL, Jaguar Land Rover, Corus Steel, and Tata Consultancy Services. He also launched initiatives like the Tata Nano, India's most affordable car, and Tata's ethical approach to business has brought it international recognition. Ratan Tata is

1. Mr. Ratan
Tata
Chairma
n 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

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

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. Liberalizatio
n
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. Strategi
st
• 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. Ethic
s
• 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.