Ratan Tata was an Indian businessman who served as chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, from 1991 to 2012 and again in an interim capacity in 2016 and 2017. During his tenure the group expanded aggressively overseas, including the acquisitions of the British steelmaker Corus Group in 2007 and the British luxury automotive brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in 2008, and under his direction Tata Motors launched the low-cost Tata Nano car aimed at first-time car buyers in India. A great-grandnephew of Tata Group founder Jamsetji Tata, he was widely regarded in India as a symbol of principled, philanthropically minded business leadership, and he died in October 2024.
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BirthplaceMumbai (Bombay), British India 1 Defining ContributionServed as chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012, leading acquisitions including Tetley, Jaguar Land Rover and Corus that turned Tata from a largely India-centric group into a global business. 1 Notable Work Connections
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Tata expanded Tata Motors globally, including the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover in 2008.
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Ratan Tata is Jamsetji Tata's grand-nephew and, generations later, became chairman of the Tata Group that Jamsetji founded.
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WikipediaEarly life and education section, opening sentence
Ratan Naval Tata was born in Mumbai, (earlier Bombay), during the British Raj, into a Parsi family
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9 October 2024
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was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist
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During his tenure, the Tata Group acquired Tetley, Jaguar Land Rover, and Corus, in an attempt to turn Tata from a largely India-centric group into a global business.
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He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012
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Ratan Naval Tata was born in Mumbai
- Associated With: Jamsetji Tata
- Associated With: Automotive Industry
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