Industry Titans Ratan Tata Former Chairman, Tata Group Ratan Tata is a renowned Indian businessman and philanthropist who served as chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of Indian conglomerate Tata Group from 1991 to 2012 and again from 2016 to 2017. Under his leadership, the group expanded globally, acquiring Tetley Tea for $431.3m in 2000, South Korea’s Daewoo Motors in 2004, and the AngloDutch steel giant Corus Group for $11.3bn in 2007. In 2008, Tata Motors purchased the British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover for $2.3bn. Tata’s visionary approach also led to the creation of the Tata Nano, an affordable car aimed at middle and lower income consumers. He retired in 2012 but returned briefly as interim chairman in 2016. Tata was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2000 for his contributions to Indian industry. You might also like Sunil John Dr. Thumbay Moideen Vidya Chhabria Mohan Valrani K. Rajaram Dr. Adnan Chilwan Sanjiv Kakkar Ram Kumar Thota Raghu Malhotra Sunil Kaushal Atif Rahman Amit Jain Rishi Kapoor Vasu Shroff Anil Pillai Bal Krishen Rohit and Sharad Bachani Raju Ramesh and Sunil Paul Ayesha Depala John Paul Joy Alukkas Geet Bhalla and Digvijay Pratap Snehal and Sunita Hadani Nisha Jagtiani Kunal Kapoor Dino Varkey Ashish Panjabi Joy Alukkas Yogesh Mehta Yusuff Ali M.A. Ravi Pillai Micky Jagtiani Sunny Varkey Sunil Vaswani Shamsheer Vayalil Firoz Merchant Rajen Kilachand Azad Moopen Tony Jashanmal Paras Shahdadpuri Dr. Zulekha Daud Adeeb Ahamed Dhananjay Datar Rizwan Sajan PNC Menon Sima Ved Shaji Ul Mulk Ramesh Prabhakar L.T. Pagarani Ram Buxani Surender Kandhari Sohan Roy Shyam Bhatia