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Corporate Leader

Ratan Naval TataPresent Chairman Of

Tata Group

INTRODUCTION Ratan N Tata born on December 28,

1937, in Bombay. Present Chairman Of Tata Group. He is also the chairman of major

Tata companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals, The Indian Hotels Company and Tata Teleservices

Childhood

Ratan Tata was born into the famous Tata family.

A prominent family belonging to Mumbai's wealthy Parsi community.

He was born to Soonoo and Naval Hormusji Tata.

Ratan is the great grandson of Tata group founder Jamsedji Tata

His childhood was troubled, with his parents separating in the mid-1940s when he was merely seven and his younger brother jimmy was five years old. Their mother moved out and both ratan and his brother were raised by their grandmother lady navajbai.

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Early career

Ratan Tata completed his schooling from Campion School in Mumbai.

He completed his BSc degree in architecture with structural engineering from Cornell University in 1962.

And the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 1975.

He joined the Tata Group in December 1962, after turning down a job with IBM on the advice of JRD Tata. He was first sent to Jamshedpur to work at Tata Steel.

Career

In 1971, Ratan was appointed the Director-in-Charge of The National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco).

In 1981, Ratan was named director of Tata Industries, the Group's other holding company.

In 1991, he took over as group chairman from J.R.D. Tata.

Under Ratan's guidance, Tata Consultancy Services went public and Tata Motors was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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In 1998, Tata Motors introduced his brainchild, the Tata Indica.

On January 31, 2007, under the chairmanship of Ratan Tata, Tata Sons successfully acquired Corus Group, an Anglo-Dutch steel and aluminium producer. With the acquisition, Ratan Tata became a celebrated personality in Indian corporate business culture. The merger created the fifth largest steel producing entity in the world.

On March 26, 2008, Tata Motors, under Ratan Tata, bought Jaguar & Land Rover from Ford Motor Company. The two iconic British brands, Jaguar and Land Rover, were acquired for £1.15 billion ($2.3 billion).

Personal life

Ratan Tata is a shy man, rarely features in the society glossies.

He sometimes likes to fly his private jet himself.

He has never been married. He is very simple. He likes to wear Hermès ties and

matching handkerchiefs.

Awards and recognition

On the occasion of India's 50th Republic Day on 26 January 2000, Ratan Tata was honoured with the Padma Bhushan.

In February 2004, Ratan Tata was conferred the title of honorary economic advisor to Hangzhou city in the Zhejiang province of China.

In 2006 he received the FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism.

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In March 2006 Tata was honoured by Cornell University as the 26th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, considered the highest honor the university awards to distinguished individuals from the corporate sector.

He was listed among the 25 most powerful people in business named by Fortune magazine in November 2007.

In May 2008 Mr Tata made it to the Time magazine's 2008 list of the World's 100 most influential people.

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In 2009 he was appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire.

He has also been conferred an honorary doctorate in business administration by the Ohio State University.

An honorary doctorate in technology by the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.

An honorary doctorate in science by the University of Warwick.

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An honorary fellowship by the London School of Economics.

 He has recently received an honorary Doctor of Law from the University of Cambridge.

In 2010, Ratan Tata was named one of the '50 People Who Matter 2010 by New Statesman Magazine

ThankyouPresented By:- Amit Kumar MBA 1st Year DMS