{"id":12958,"date":"2024-10-10T16:52:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=12958"},"modified":"2024-10-10T16:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:58:30","slug":"ratan-tata-indian-tycoon-who-took-his-empire-global-dead-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ratan-tata-indian-tycoon-who-took-his-empire-global-dead-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Tycoon and Automotive Industry Veteran Ratan Tata who took his empire global , has died aged 86"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Delhi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ratan Tata, the former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, has died at the age of 86, according to a statement from the firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The industrialist rose to global prominence with a series of high-profile international deals. In 2008, he famously oversaw Tata Motors\u2019 purchase of British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford (F<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is with a profound sense of loss that we bid farewell to Mr Ratan Naval Tata, a truly uncommon leader whose immeasurable contributions have shaped not only the Tata Group but also the very fabric of our nation,\u201d said\u00a0the statement<\/a>\u00a0issued by the group .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post<\/a> on X, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacted to Tata\u2019s passing, calling him a \u201cvisionary business leader, a compassionate soul and an extraordinary human being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe provided stable leadership to one of India\u2019s oldest and most prestigious business houses,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in 1937 to a family of Parsis, an ethno-religious group of Persian descent in India who follow the Zoroastrian religion, Tata graduated from Cornell University where he studied architecture and structural engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He returned to India in 1962 and joined the family firm, which was founded by his great grandfather in 1868. From those humble beginnings, Tata has been responsible for India\u2019s first steel plant, its first luxury hotel and first domestic airline.He worked in several Tata companies, including Telco, now Tata Motors Ltd\u00a0(TAMO.NS) , opens new tab<\/a>, as well as Tata Steel Ltd\u00a0(TISC.NS)
, opens new tab<\/a>, later making his mark by erasing losses and increasing market share at group unit National Radio & Electronics Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the one thing the family has done is it created a lot of industries in the early days, prior to independence, which were national industries,\u201d Tata told media in a recent interview . \u201cAnd then gave most of it away in philanthropic grants. And that\u2019s been something that\u2019s been carried on by their successors through the years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tata took over as chairman in 1991, the same year India unleashed major economic reforms, including devaluing the rupee, to open its economy to the world. And as India looked increasingly outward, so did Tata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2000, the group acquired British firm Tetley, owner of one of the largest global tea brands, for $432 million. Seven years later, Tata Steel prevailed in a $12.1 billion battle for control of Corus, a British steel company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tata retired as group chairman in 2012<\/a> and was chairman emeritus of holding company Tata Sons before his death. Since stepping down from day-to-day duties, the businessman had been throwing himself into improving the lot of India\u2019s many stray animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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