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Making way: Ratan Tata with his successor Cyrus Mistry — Photo: Shashi Ashiwal
Ratan — the man who brought the world to Tata
Ratan Tata turns 75 today. He might have liked a quiet birthday, but it will not be. All of Bombay House — the stone-coloured building near Flora Fountain in Mumbai that has served as Tata Sons he... »
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TCS, the jewel in Tatas’ crown
“Everywhere we go overseas, Tata quite often means TCS,” Ratan Tata had said last year while launching a book written by TCS’ former CEO S. Ramadorai. Tata’s comment underlines the impor... »
Giant takes global strides
It was in the second decade under Ratan Tata’s leadership that the Tata group of companies decided to go global. Each company in the group was asked to develop its international strategy while wei... »
Ratan Tata: The legacy
Such greatness as there is in Ratan Tata’s legacy must necessarily be seen as hard-earned and not something conferred on him by a traditional succession arrangement. »
The architect who changed the landscape
Much of an architect’s life is about coming up with new designs — ones that will change the landscape forever. Negative reaction to new ideas, sometimes downright disgust, makes the art di... »
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Giant takes global strides
It was in the second decade under Ratan Tata’s leadership that the Tata group of companies decided to go global. Each company in the group was asked to develop its international strategy while wei... »
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The brand that touches people’s lives, every day
The biggest testimony to Tata’s emergence as a brand-led company is the fact that UK-based brand consultancy Brand Finance, in its study last year, ranked the Tata group 45th among 500 most valuable brands around the world. And with a brand valuation of $16.3 billion! »
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Consumer, technology ventures created wealth for Tata
In 1991, steel, power and trucks contributed nearly three-fourths of the Tata group’s total market value. Today, the technology business accounts for 54 per cent and the consumer segment 30 per cent to the group’s market cap. »
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Family company gets a global DNA
Twenty one years ago, a change of guard at one of India’s business groups, would have been of little consequence to the Western world. As Ratan Tata steps down on December 28, millions of... »
