Ratan Naval Tata

(Businessman)

Chairman of Tata group(1991-2012)

Born 28th Dec 1937,

In Surat. Gujarat, India

If you do what you have always done,

you will get what you have always had.
Think differently.

Ratan Tata Story

Childhood

When he was ten years old and his brother was seven, their parents separated.

Both the boys were raised by their grandmother, Lady Navajbai Tata in Mumbai.

Education

Finished up schooling at John Cannon School.

B.S degree in architecture in structural engineering in 1962.

Advance Management Program in 1975 from Harvard Business School.

Early

Life

Always interested in cars since his childhood days.

In 1960 Ratan Tata started his career as a general worker in Tata Steel.

In 1991 J.R.D Tata resigned and made Ratan Tata chairman.

Top 10 achievements under his

Leadership

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.

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.

2007:

Tata Steel acquires Anglo-Dutch

company Corus, the second-largest
steel maker in Europe.

2008: Tata Motors unveils the Nano, the

country's cheapest passenger car. It was
initially dubbed the Rs. 1 lakh car, though
it now costs Rs. 1.5-2 lakh.

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

5 Fiery Quotes from Ratan Tata

Resigned in Nov 2012 and made Cyrus Pollongi Mistry

as a Chairman of Tata Group.

Major Joint Ventures of TATA

Steel

Tata Steel Thailand

Tata Steel KZN South Africa

Tata NYK : A joint venture with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

Corus Europes second largest steel maker with operations in the UK and
mainland Europe

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