BY-DHIRAJ BHALERAO

Corporate Leader -Ratan Tata

Former Chairman of Tata Group

Roadmap:

7

Learnings

6 Management

Qualities

5 International Recognition

4

Personality Traits

3

Business Career

2

Early Life

1 Introduction

Introduction : Born : 28 December 1937 (age 76) Surat, India

Residence : Colaba, Mumbai, India

Nationality : Indian

Ethnicity : Parsi

Occupation : Former Chairman of TATA Group(1991-

2012)

Awards : Padma Vibhushan(2008)

• Early Life :

Ratan Tata completed his schooling from Campion School in Mumbai

He completed his Bachelor in architecture with structural engineering from Cornell University in 1962

And the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 1975

• Business Career :When he returned to India in 1962 after turning down a job with IBM on the

advice of JRD, he was sent to Jamshedpur to work on the shop floor at Tata Steel

In 1971, he was appointed the Director of National Radio and Electronics(Nelco)

In 1981, JRD Tata stepped down as Tata Industries chairman, naming Ratan as his successor. He was heavily criticized for lacking experience in running a company of the scale of Tata Industries

In 1991, he was appointed group chairman of the Tata group

Under his stewardship, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, Tata motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel acquired Corus, which have turned Tata from a largely India-centric company into a global business, with 65% revenues coming from abroad

In 2009, Tata launched the world’s cheapest Car Nano. For just 1 lac rupees

He is widely credited for the success of the Tata Group of companies, especially after the liberalization of controls after the 1990

Ratan Tata retired from all executive responsibility in the Tata group on December 28th 2012 which is also his 75th birthday and he is succeeded by Cyrus Mistry

Now a days Tata owns more than 100 Companies

Personality Traits :

Doer

Soft spoken tone

Visionary leader

Personal

interests

Risk-taker

Cool demeanour

International Recognition :

Chairman, government of India's Investment Commission

Member, Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry

Member, National Hydrogen Energy Board

Serving on the International Investment Council set up by the president of the Republic of South Africa

Serving the International Business Advisory Council of the British government to advise the chancellor of the exchequer

Member, International Advisory Council of Singapore's Economic Development Board

Member, Asia-Pacific Advisory Committee to the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange

Management Qualities :Strong Willed

Persistent

Problem solving

Tough-minded

Structure

Authoritative

Position power

Learnings :

Be a visionary

Be humble

Never give up on values

Take Risks

Motivate others

Have faith in yourself