Ratan Tata

Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024)

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Ratan Tata (1937–2024) was a male Indian entrepreneur, engineer, and philanthropist born in Mumbai to Naval Tata. A member of the Parsi ethnic group, he was educated at Harvard Business School and spoke Tamil and English. His professional career spanned from 1962 to 2024, during which he worked for IBM and the Tata Group, and was affiliated with the Tata Trusts. He was the sibling of Noel Tata.

Tata received several honors, including the Maharashtra Bhushan Award, the Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, the Padma Bhushan, and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. He was a member of the Atlantik-Brücke and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, where he is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. He died in Mumbai on October 9, 2024.

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Key facts

Preceded by: JRD Tata
Succeeded by: Cyrus Mistry
Born: Ratan Naval Tata , ( 1937-12-28 ) 28 December 1937, Bombay , British India
Died: 9 October 2024 (2024-10-09) (aged 86), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Relations: Tata family
Parents: Naval Tata (father) Sooni Commissariat (mother)
Education: Cornell University ( BArch ), Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program)
Occupation: Industrialist Philanthropist
Awards: Order of Australia (2023) Assam Baibhav (2021) Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (2014) Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2009) Padma Vibhushan (2008) Maharashtra Bhushan (2006) Padma Bhushan (2000)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: India
Place of birth: Mumbai
Place of death: Mumbai
Father: Naval Tata
Sibling: Noel Tata
Occupation: philanthropist
Employer: IBM
Languages spoken: English language
Field of work: entrepreneur
Image: Ratan Naval Tata in 2011.jpg

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Commons category: Ratan Naval Tata
date of birth: 1937-12-28
ethnic group: Parsi
Commons gallery: Ratan Tata
name in native language: ரத்தன் டாட்டா
start of work period: 1962-00-00
affiliation string: Tata Trusts
date of death: 2024-10-09
end of work period: 2024-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Ratan Naval Tata (28 December 1937 – 9 October 2024) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012, and he held the position of the interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017. In 2000, he received the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in India, followed by the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian honour, in 2008.

Ratan Tata was the son of Naval Tata, who was adopted by Ratanji Tata, son of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group. He graduated from Cornell University College of Architecture with a bachelor's degree in architecture. He had also attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 1975. He joined the Tata Group in 1962, starting on the shop floor of Tata Steel. He later succeeded JRD Tata as chairman of Tata Sons upon the latter's retirement in 1991. 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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