CORPORATE LEADER RATAN TATA

1. BY-DHIRAJ BHALERAO

2. Corporate Leader -
RatanTata
Former Chairman ofTata Group

3. Roadmap:
7
Learnings
6
Management
Qualities
5
International
Recognition
4
Personality
Traits
3
Business
Career
2
Early Life
1
Introduction

4. Introduction :
 Born : 28 December 1937 (age 76) Surat, India
 Residence : Colaba, Mumbai, India
 Nationality : Indian
 Ethnicity : Parsi
 Occupation : Former Chairman ofTATA Group(1991-
2012)
 Awards : PadmaVibhushan(2008)

5. • Early Life :
RatanTata completed his schooling from Campion School in
Mumbai
He completed his Bachelor in architecture with structural
engineering from Cornell University in 1962
 And the Advanced Management Program from Harvard
Business School in 1975

6. • Business Career :
When he returned to India in 1962 after turning down a job with IBM on the
advice of JRD, he was sent to Jamshedpur to work on the shop floor atTata
Steel
In 1971, he was appointed the Director of National Radio and
Electronics(Nelco)
In 1981, JRDTata stepped down asTata Industries chairman, naming Ratan
as his successor. He was heavily criticized for lacking experience in running
a company of the scale ofTata Industries

7. In 1991, he was appointed group chairman of
theTata group
Under his stewardship,TataTea acquired
Tetley,Tata motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover
andTata Steel acquired Corus, which have
turnedTata from a largely India-centric
company into a global business, with 65%
revenues coming from abroad
In 2009,Tata launched the world’s cheapest Car
Nano. For just 1 lac rupees

8. He is widely credited for the success of theTata Group of
companies, especially after the liberalization of controls after
the 1990
RatanTata retired from all executive responsibility in theTata
group on December 28th 2012 which is also his 75th birthday
and he is succeeded by Cyrus Mistry
Now a daysTata owns more than 100 Companies

9. PersonalityTraits :
 Doer
 Soft spoken tone
 Visionary leader
 Personal
interests
 Risk-taker
 Cool demeanour

10. International Recognition :
Chairman, government of India's Investment Commission
Member, Prime Minister's Council onTrade and Industry
Member, National Hydrogen Energy Board

11. Serving on the International Investment Council set up by the
president of the Republic of South Africa
Serving the International Business Advisory Council of the
British government to advise the chancellor of the exchequer
Member, International Advisory Council of Singapore's
Economic Development Board
Member, Asia-Pacific Advisory Committee to the board of
directors of the NewYork Stock Exchange

12. Management Qualities :
Strong Willed
Persistent
Problem solving
Tough-minded

13. Structure
Authoritative
Position power

14. Learnings :
Be a visionary
Be humble
Never give up on values
Take Risks
Motivate others
Have faith in yourself