Ratan Tata Birthday: Industrialist Ratan Tata was born on 28th December 1937. He is one of the successful businessmen in India. He is also renowned for his philanthropy works. Today, he is celebrating his 84 birthday.
On the occasion of Ratan Tata Birthday, here are some interesting facts about him:
- Ratan Tata was born in Surat, Gujarat in 1937. His father and mother were Naval Tata and Sooni Tata respectively. Naval Tata was the adopted grandson of Jamsetji Tata who is the founder of the Tata Group
- Tata was raised by his grandmother after the divorce of his parents in 1940. At that time, he was aged 10 years
- Tata’s first job was at Tat Steel and his duties are managing the blast furnace and shoveling limestone
- He completed his B.Arch degree from Cornell in 1962
- Before his return to India, he worked briefly with Jones and Emmons in Los Angeles
- In 1975, Ratan Tata completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School
- Ratan Tata was named Chairman of Tata Industries in 1981. During his tenure, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover, and Tata Steel acquired Corus
- Ratan Tata became the first Indian pilot for F-16 Falcon
- In 2009, he promised to make a car that would cost only one lakh, and out of this promise, the Tata Nano was born
- Ratan Tata is very fond of cars and his collections include Mercedes Benz S-Class, Maserati Quattroporte, Jaguar F-Type, Jaguar XF-R, Mercedes Benz 500 SL, etc
- He donated 50 million USD to construct an executive center for the Harward Business School and that hall was named Tata Hall
- Ratan Tata is recipient the Padma Vibhushan (2008) and Padma Bhushan (2000)
