GENTLE GIANT RATAN TATA, 83

Ratan Tata transformed the Tata Group into a diversified behemoth and engineered several overseas acquisitions

- AJAY PIRAMAL

Over the many decades that I have known Ratan, and more recently, over the past five years that I have been on the Board of Tata Sons, I have been privy to his inimitable quiet leadership style as he has led the Group to achieve its iconic status. With Ratan driving various pathbreaking and innovative initiatives, the Group’s revenues increased by over 40 times during his tenure.

Ratan has continued to strengthen the Group’s culture, built on the Strong foundation of core Tata values. Deeply entrenched in its people, its business decisions and in its daily functioning, these values have stood the Group in good stead. They were key to how Tata Sons resolved the dispute with NTT Docomo.