Ratan Tata
                     RATAN TATA
Introduction
• Ratan naval Tata is the chairman emeritus of 
Tata Sons. He was formerly the chairman of the 
Tata Group. One of the topmost and popular 
businessmen in India, Ratan Tata also has 
many other aspects about him that are worth 
knowing.
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Birth
• Ratan Tata, in full Ratan Naval Tata, (born 
December 28, 1937, Bombay [now Mumbai], 
India), Indian businessman who became 
chairman (1991–2012 and 2016–17) of the Tata 
Group, a Mumbai-based conglomerate.
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Ratan Naval tata 
first job
• Ratan Tata’s first job was at the Tata Steel 
which he took up in the year 1961. His first 
responsibility was to manage the blast furnace 
and shovel limestone.
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Ratan Naval Tata 
steered the Tata 
Group towards 
bright prospects
• Becoming the chairman of the Tata Group in 
1991 in his 21 , he brought international 
recognition for the Tata Group. All this was 
possible through his pragmatic business skills.
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Championed some 
historical mergers
• Ratan Tata accomplished some historical 
mergers for his company including Land Rover 
Jaguar with Tata Motors, Tetly with Tata Tea and 
Corus with Tata Steel. 
• All these mergers played a significant role in 
the Tata Group’s phenomenal growth.
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Keen in keeping up 
promises
• Nano cars are the dearest project of Ratan 
Tata. In 2009, he promised to make a car that 
would cost only a lakh rupee. He spared the 
best of his efforts to keep up his promise to 
society.
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Has a good 
collection of cars
• Ratan naval Tata is highly fond of cars. He has 
a wonderful collection of high-end cars 
including Ferrari California, Cadillac XLR, Land 
Rover Freelander, Chrysler Sebring, Honda 
Civic, Mercedes Benz S-Class, Maserati 
Quattroporte, Mercedes Benz 500 SL, Jaguar F-
Type, Jaguar XF-R, and some others.
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Ratan Tata is a 
skilled pilot
• Ratan Tata loves flights and flying. He is a 
skilled pilot. Ratan Tata was the first Indian to 
pilot F-16 Falcon in 2007.
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Donated $50 million 
to Harvard Business 
School
• Ratan Tata loves flights and flying. He is a 
skilled pilot. Ratan Tata was the first Indian to 
pilot F-16 Falcon in 2007.
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Awards and 
Achievements
• Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by Ohio State 
University in 2001
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology by Asian Institute 
of Technology in 2004
• FIRST Magazine Award for Responsible Capitalism in 2006
• Recipient of the ‘Global Indian Award’ at the NASSCOM 
Global Leadership Awards in 2008
• ransformational Leader of the Decade by Indian Affairs 
India Leadership Conclave 2013
• Commander of the Legion of Honour by Government of 
France in 2016.
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