Ratan Tata is one of the most eminent and respected Indian businessmen. Here are some Twelve amazing facts about Ratan Tata –
- Ratan Tata was born on December 28, 1937, in the city of Surat and belongs to Parsi religion.
- When Ratan Tata was around 10 years old, his parents got separated. Then Nawazbai (grandmother of Ratan Tata), wife of Jamshedji’s son Ratanji Tata, adopted and raised him.
- Ratan Tata completed his early studies in “Cathedral and John Connon School” (Mumbai) and from “Bishop Cotton School” (Shimla). Then, in 1962, to complete the B.S studies in architecture, he went to Cornell University. Then he completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in the year 1975.
- Around 100 company comes under the TATA group owned by him. From tea to 5-star hotels, from needles to steeL plants, from small nano cars to big airplanes, all are manufactured by Tata.
- Ratan Tata loves pets. He loves to fly planes and even have a license too.
- Ratan Tata’s love with his staff is appreciable. Jobs given by Tata group is not less than government jobs. Ratan Tata has invested in several new startups like Ola, Paytm etc.
- Ratan Tata turned down IBM’s job and started his career with Tata Group in 1961 as a TATA steel employee. But by 1991, he became the chairman of the Tata Group and retired in the year 2012.
- Ratan Tata has brought the company to the peak in its 21-year-old career. Today, the company’s value has increased by 50 times. He took the best decisions to take his company to greater heights.
- Ratan Tata was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2000 (India’s third highest honor) and in 2008, Padma Vibhushan (India’s second-highest honor).
- In 2008, 26/11 terrorists attacked Mumbai’s Taj hotel. All the people who were injured in this hotel were treated by Tata group only. Tata has helped all the people who were injured in the vicinity of the hotel. For as long as the hotel was closed, the workers got the full salary.
- He drives one of the finest cars in the world including Ferrari California. He even spends 60/5 of his earning in CSR activities.
- Ratan Tata has fallen in love four times but has not got married. Once he was just about to get married. Indeed, Ratan Tata has fallen in love with a girl while studying in America, both were ready to marry. But, Ratan had to come to India because of the poor health of his grandmother, but his girlfriend became very scared by the Indo-China war and India did not come. And after a few days, his girlfriend married someone else in America.
