Ratan Tata Biography: Birth, Age, Education, Family, Successor, Net Worth, Awards, and Wiki profile

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Ratan Tata Biography

Birth	28 December 1937
Age	86 years (on 2023)
Education	Cornell University Harvard Business School
Family	Naval Tata (Father) Sooni Commissariat (Mother)
Occupation	Former Chairperson of Tata Sons and Tata Group Philanthropist Investor
Title	Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons and Tata Group
Predecessor	JRD Tata
Successor	Cyrus Mistry (2012)Natarajan Chandrasekaran (2017–present)
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (2008)Padma Bhushan (2000)
Net Worth	Rs. 6000 crores
Famous Quotes	“I don’t believe in taking the right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.” “Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.”

Ratan Tata Early Life

On December 28, 1937, Ratan Tata was born to Naval and Sonoo Tata in Bombay. Ratanji Tata, Jamsetji Tata’s younger son, adopted Naval Tata as his son. When Ratan was ten years old, his parents divorced. His grandmother, Navajbai Tata, reared him and his half-brother, Noel Tata.

Ratan Tata Education

He went to Campion School in Bombay (then) till 8th grade, then moved to Cathedral and John Connon Schools in Bombay and Bishop Cotton School in Shimla for further academic activities. After finishing his academic education, in 1955, he graduated from Riverdale Country School placed in New York City. After four years at Cornell University, he earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture. He enrolled in the seven-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975, which he has been financially supporting yet.

Ratan Tata Career

He began his career as a mining worker from his own firm in 1962, which is somewhat stunning. Along with the other laborers, he shoveled stones and worked on the furnaces. It was physically difficult work, but it taught him more about his parent’s business and helped him value it. Ratan took over as chairman of Tata Sons after J.R.D. Tata stepped down in 1991.

Due to the freedom to operate under JRD Tata, he had to encounter significant opposition from the CEOs of several organizations, who proceeded to become highly strong. Although, he overcame all those resistance. Research, or innovation, was given a high emphasis under his administration, and the younger generation was handed the majority of the tasks.

Tata Group prospered the greatest during his supervision of 21 years, with revenues rising by 40% and profit increasing by 50%. His daring investments of major multinational corporations like Jaguar, Tetley & Land Rover, and Corus Steel, among others, significantly influenced the Indian industrial sector and the global industrial sector.

Major Contribution

1. Ratan Naval Tata with his team leads to acquiring international exposure and a reputation for his business as Chairman of the Tata Group. Under his leadership, the firm also grew into a multinational company by purchasing companies such as Jaguar, Tetley, Land Rover, and Corus. The Tata Group was listed on the New York Stock Exchange due to its remarkable business success.
2. He was a key figure in developing the Tata Nano and Tata Indica We can understand his dedication to the work that he tried to do even for the common people, as he introduced TATA NANO so that it could be affordable to most households.
3. One of his life’s main aims was to improve the quality of life for Indians while also advancing human growth. He is also a well-known philanthropist, with charity trusts accounting for almost 65 percent of his holdings. We will see those contributions in detail below.

Philanthropic Work of Ratan Tata

Being a supporter of education, medicine, and rural development, Ratan Tata supported the University of New South Wales Faculty of Engineering to provide improved water for challenged areas.

Tata Education and Development Trust endowed a $28  million Tata Scholarship Fund that will allow Cornell University to provide financial aid to undergraduate students from India. The annual scholarship will support approximately 20 students at a given time. 

Tata Group companies and Tata charities donated $50 million in 2010 to Harvard Business School (HBS) for the construction of an executive center.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) donated $35 million to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for a facility to research cognitive systems and autonomous vehicles. It is the largest ever donation by a company and the 48,000 square-foot building is called TCS Hall.

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Ratan Tata Awards 

Ratan Tata was awarded many notable awards and honors. Some of them are mentioned below: 

Year	Name	Awarding Organization
2000	Padma Bhushan	Government of India
2008	Padma Vibhushan	Government of India
2001	Honorary Doctor of Business Administration	Ohio State University
2004	Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay	Government of Uruguay
2004	Honorary Doctor of Technology	Asian Institute of Technology.
2005	International Distinguished Achievement Award	B’nai B’rith International
2005	Honorary Doctor of Science	University of Warwick.
2006	Honorary Doctor of Science	Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2006	Responsible Capitalism Award	For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)
2007	Honorary Fellowship	The London School of Economics and Political Science
2007	Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
2008	Honorary Doctor of Law	University of Cambridge
2008	Honorary Doctor of Science	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
2008	Honorary Doctor of Science	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
2008	Honorary Citizen Award	Government of Singapore
2008	Honorary Fellowship	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
2008	Inspired Leadership Award	The Performance Theatre
2009	Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)	Queen Elizabeth II
2009	Life Time Contribution Award in Engineering for 2008	Indian National Academy of Engineering
2009	Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic	Government of Italy
2010	Honorary Doctor of Law	University of Cambridge
2010	Hadrian Award	World Monuments Fund
2010	Oslo Business for Peace award	Business for Peace Foundation
2010	Legend in Leadership Award	Yale University
2010	Honorary Doctor of Laws	Pepperdine University
2010	Business for Peace Award	Business for Peace Foundation
2010	Business Leader of the Year	The Asian Awards.
2012	Honorary Fellow	The Royal Academy of Engineering
2012	Doctor of Business honoris causa	University of New South Wales
2012	Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun	Government of Japan
2013	Foreign Associate	National Academy of Engineering
2013	Transformational Leader of the Decade	Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave 2013
2013	Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Lifetime Achievement	Ernst & Young
2013	Honorary Doctor of Business Practice	Carnegie Mellon University
2014	Honorary Doctor of Business	Singapore Management University
2014	Sayaji Ratna Award	Baroda Management Association
2014	Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)	Queen Elizabeth II
2014	Honorary Doctor of Laws	York University, Canada
2015	Honorary Doctor of Automotive Engineering	Clemson University
2015	Sayaji Ratna Award	Baroda Management Association, Honoris Causa, HEC Paris
2016	Commander of the Legion of Honour	Government of France
2018	Honorary Doctorate	Swansea University
2021	Assam Baibhav	Government of Assam

Ratan Tata Net Worth

Mr. Ratan Tata’s net worth is one billion dollars or around 7416 crore rupees in Indian currency. Mr. Ratan Tata’s entire net worth comprises a significant amount of money from many sources. Even though Ratan Tata is not included in the list of billionaires because charity organizations control 65 percent of TATA Sons, which is also the holding company for the other 96 TATA Group subsidiaries companies. As a result, Ratan Tata’s 65 percent ownership of Tata Sons Limited is not recorded on his financial statement but rather on the financial statements of several philanthropic organizations.

Learning, That We Can Have From Ratan Tata

We can learn to be unrestrained by boundaries. Despite strong opposition, Ratan Tata promoted international trade. And now, international earnings account for half of Tata’s total revenue. Jaguar Land Rover, Tetley, and Taj Boston were all bought by Tata under his tenure. This was more than a business transaction, it was a signal to the world that an Indian corporation can buy major multinational companies if it desires so.

He began his career at Tata Steel as a blue-collar worker. He is well-known for his modesty, which can be seen on several occasions. He visited the 80 employees whose families were impacted by the terrorist attacks on November 26, 2008. He knew almost everyone’s first name and was never rude.

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