Veteran business and Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata turned 86 today (Thursday, 28 December 2023). Here are 8 interesting facts about his life
Ratan Tata is the great grandson of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of Tata Group and the son of Naval Tata who was the adopted by Ratanji Tata from a distant relative
Ratan Tata had fallen in love for 4 times but couldn't make it to marriage. For the fourth time, he was all set to marry but again his relationship couldn't be taken to the next level and Tata remained single for life.
Ratan Tata had to suffer from his parent's (Naval and Sooni) breakup when he was 10. Raised by his grandmother, he completed schooling from Champion School and Cathedral & John Connon School
Ratan Naval Tata rejected the job offer from IBM and started his career as a blue collar employee at the Tata Steel in Jamshedpur 1962.
Ratan Tata was the visionary man of Tata group, under whose leadership, his comapny aquired Jaguar, Corus, Land Rover and Tetly that drasrically changed Tata Group's level into an international business firm.
During 1998, Ratan Tata crossed all the boundaries of gaining popularity when he became the first to introduce world's cheapest car – 'Tata Nano' (also famous as “People's Car”) at Rs 1 lakh.
Ratan Tata is graduated from the Harvard University School of Business in the same year as President George W. Bush (1975).
26/11 attacks in Mumbai has made a dark imprint on Ratan Tata and he terms it as a life changing moment of his life. For six months after the attack, he could'nt speak clearly.