Legendary business magnate Ratan Tata, who served as Tata Sons’ chairman emeritus, passed away on Wednesday. He was eighty-six. Ratan Tata moulded the entire fabric of India with his calm leadership, not merely growing a $5 billion conglomerate into a $100 billion giant with activities in 100 countries. He prioritized India in all of his commercial endeavours. His generosity and business sense were impressive.
Ratan Tata, the renowned corporate tycoon and chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, departed this life on Wednesday. He was eighty-six years old. With his cool leadership, Ratan Tata not only turned a $5 billion company into a $100 billion behemoth with operations in 100 countries, but he also shaped the very fabric of India. India was the focus of all of his business ventures. His economic acumen and charity were remarkable.
When Naval and Sooni parted when Ratan Tata was barely ten years old, his grandmother Navajbai Tata—the widow of Ratanji Tata—raised him. In 1962, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University. He briefly worked in Los Angeles for Jones and Emmons before leaving to return to India in late 1962. In 1975, he completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
He went back to India and started working at Tata Steel, apparently on the shop floor, eventually rising to the position of chairman in 1991. Ratan Tata oversaw the establishment of the company’s telecom division, Tata Teleservices, in 1996 and the 2004 IPO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).