Ratan Tata

 Ratan Naval Tata (born 28 December 1937) is an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, and a former chairman of Tata Sons. He was also chairman of Tata Group, from 1990 to 2012, and again, as interim chairman, from October 2016 through February 2017, and continues to head its charitable trusts. He is the recipient of two of the highest civilian awards of India, the Padma Vibhushan (2008) and Padma Bhushan (2000).

Ratan Tata
Born	Ratan Naval Tata 28 December 1937 (age 83) Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Cornell University (BArch)
Occupation	Businessman Philanthropist Investor
Title	Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons and Tata Group[2]
Term	(1991–2021) (2016–2017)
Predecessor	JRD Tata
Successor	Cyrus Mistry (2012) Natarajan Chandrasekaran (2017–present)
Parent(s)	Naval Tata
Relatives	See Tata family
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (2008) Padma Bhushan (2000)

Born in 1937, he is a scion of the Tata family, and son of Naval Tata who was adopted by Sir Ratan Tata son of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of Tata Group. He is an alumnus of the Cornell University College of Architecture and Harvard Business School through the Advanced Management Program that he completed in 1975. He joined his company in 1961 when he used to work on the shop floor of Tata Steel, and was the apparent successor to J. R. D. Tata upon the latter's retirement in 1991. He got Tata Tea to acquire Tetley, Tata Motors to acquire Jaguar Land Rover, and Tata Steel to acquire Corus, in an attempt to turn Tata from a largely India-centrist group into a global business.