1) Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata was born on 28 December 1937, in a famous Tata family. A prominent family
belonging to Parsi committee. He is the greatest grandson of Jamshed Ji Tata the Tata
group founder.
After he graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Architecture and Structural
Engineering, he started his career in Tata group in 1962.In 1971, he was appointed as the
Director-in- Charge of the National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nalco), a
company that was in dire financial difficulty. He suggested that the company should invest
in developing high-technology products, rather than in consumer electronics. By following
the suggestions of Rata Tata, Nalco grew and recovered its losses from 1972 to 1975.In
1991 he became the chairman of the Tata group. Under his chairmanship the company had
done various acquisitions. Under his guidance the company went public and got listed on
the New York Stock Exchange.
Ratan Tata continued to expand upon the pioneering spirit of Tata Group, showcased by
companies like Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)- Asia’s largest
software & services company, Tata Salt ,Tata Chemicals, Tata Tea, Taj Hotels etc.
industries.
It was his dedication and willingness to improve 250 million middle class people lives,
despite of odds, by introducing world’s cheapest car: Nano, made him one of the most
respected leaders in the world.
He is not only a successful business leader but also an ideal role model who is authentic
and responsible, while integrating the inner values with the outer actions.
Tata is an example of a leader who is committed to “triple bottom line” – whose inner
values and outer actions shows responsible leadership of a higher level. Triple bottom line
suggests that three different results should be prepared by the companies.
• First is the corporate profit by traditional measure, driven by profits.
• Second is how it contributes and deals with people outside and inside, which can be
taken as the bottom line of a company’s people account.
• Third is how socially and environmentally-responsible it has been, which can be taken as
the bottom line of the company’s planet account.
Ratan Tata is a very dignified personality, he is ethical and believes in keeping promises
and also believes in keeping good relationship and is an effective leader.
Some of his leadership qualities: Visionary, Risk Taker, Strategist, Initiator, Expertise,
Change Champion and a man of Integrity.
Being visionary, he very early identified the need to go global. Also his initiative to hire
