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was born December 28, 1937, in Mumbai (Bombay), Bombay
presidency, British India is the present Chairman of Tata Sons and therefore, Tata
group, India's largest conglomerate founded by Jamsedji Tata and consolidated
and expanded by later generations of his family. 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 India Hotels Company, and Tata
Teleservices.

Early life and Career:

Ratan Tata born to Naval Tata and Soonoo Commisariat in the Tata family, a
prominent family belonging to the Parsi community. 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 Sett.
He completed his B.S. in architecture with structural engineering from Cornell
University in 1962, and the Advanced Management Program from Harvard
business school in 1975. He is a part of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. 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 Jamshedpu to work at Tata Steel. He
worked on the factory floor along with other blue-collar employees, shoveling
limestone and handling the blast furnaces. Ratan Tata, a shy man, rarely features
in the society glossies, has lived for years in a book-crammed, dog-filled bachelor
flat in Mumbai's Colaba district and is considered to be a gentleman
extraordinaire. His simplicity and generosity have been the most important
parameters of his life0

Personal life:

Mr. Ratan Tata has a metallic blue Maserati and Ferrari California. He sometimes
likes to pilot his private Falcon jet himself. He has never been married. He is a
dynamic and vibrant businessman and is considered as one of the best managers
never compromising on ethics and customer care. His share in the whole group is
1%, or a little less, valuing his personal holding at approximately US $1 Billion.
About 66% of the equity capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts
endowed by members of the original Jameshedji family and the largest share is
with Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry (18.5%). The biggest two of the owning trusts are
the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust (different Ratan Tata),
which were created by the families of the sons of Jamshedji Tata. Ratan Tata is on
the board of trustees of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, and is the chairman of the board
of trustees of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the sir Ratan Tata is also best known
as the face behind changing India's automotive industry into global climate
change era.
Awards and recognition:
y n the occasion of India's 50th Republic day on 26th January 2000, Ratan
Tata was honored with the Padma Bhushan the third highest decoration
that may be awarded to a civilian.
y In February 2004, Ratan Tata was conferred the title of honorary economic
advisor to Hangzhou city in the Zhejiang province of China0
y n August 30, 2005, it was announced that Ratan Tata was elected to the
Board of Trustees of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles one
of the leading research universities in the United States0
y In 2006 he received the First Award for Responsible Capitalism0
y 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 sector0
y n 26 January 2008, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second
highest civilian decoration0
y In 2009 he was appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the British
Empire0
y In 2010, he won the Legend in Leadership award from Yale0
y In 2010, he joined BMB Group as an advisory board member0
y In 2010, he has been named among the most powerful people in the world
by Forbes in this year͛s list of 68 people "who matter."