RATAN TATA

Ratan Naval Tata, GBE (born 28 December 1937) is an Indian businessman, investor, philanthropist and former chairman of Tata Sons. He was the chairman of Tata Group, a Mumbai-based global business conglomerate from 1991 till 2012 and again from 24 October 2016 for interim term, and continues to head its charitable trusts. He is the recipient of two of the highest civilian awards of India–Padma Vibhushan (2008) and Padma Bhushan (2000).Ratan Tata is the son of Naval Tata, who had been adopted from J. N. Petit Parsi Orphanage by Navajbai Tata. His parents Naval and Sonoo separated in the mid-1940s when he was ten and his younger brother, Jimmy, was seven years old.egan his career in the Tata group in 1961. He started on the shop floor of Tata Steel, shovelling limestone and handling the blast furnace. He could not turn around group companies, NELCO and Empress Mills, which he was given charge of in the 70s .In 1991, J. R. D. Tata stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons, naming him his successor. When he settled down into the new role, he faced stiff resistance from many company heads some of whom had spent decades in their respective companies and rose to become very powerful and influential due to the freedom to operate under JRD Tata.In the fall of 2010, HBS Tata related companies and charities donated $50 million for the construction of an executive center

The executive center have been named as Tata Hall, after Ratan Tata (AMP '75), the chairman of Tata Sons.Recently, Ratan Tata has also invested an undisclosed amount in Nestaway in February 2016 

In October, 2016, Tata Sons removed Cyrus Mistry as its Chairman, nearly 4 years after he took over the reins of the over $100 billion conglomerate, Ratan Tata made a come back, taking over the company's interim boss for 4 months.