Yesterday marked a year since the passing of one of India’s most revered business leaders, Ratan Naval Tata. The great-grandson of the pioneering Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group, Tata, who died aged 86, led the eponymous group to being, arguably, the most respected brand of post-modern India.
Ratan Tata joined the Tata group in 1962 and later succeeded JRD Tata as Chairman of Tata Sons in 1991. He went on to lead the 100+ companies conglomerate for over two decades before resigning from executive powers in 2012.
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During his tenure, Tata is credited with repositioning a largely India-centric business into a global business empire, which includes acquiring the Jaguar Land Rover brand, and for growing group revenue over 40 times.
An architectural graduate from Cornell University by discipline, Tata is also fondly remembered for giving the Indian automotive landscape its first indigenously developed low-cost vehicle, the ambitious Tata Nano.
Ratan Tata was born in 1937, in a family of Parsis.
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