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Ratan Tata

1937 - 2024

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Ratan Naval Tata (28 December 1937 – 9 October 2024) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012 and he held the position of interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017. In 2000, he received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in India, followed by the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian honour, in 2008. Ratan Tata was the son of Naval Tata, who was adopted by Ratanji Tata, son of Jamshedji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ratan Tata is the 160th most popular businessperson (up from 212th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from India (up from 240th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ratan Tata ranks 160 out of 847. Before him are Martha Stewart, François Pinault, Larry Flynt, Lorenzo Sanz, Armand Peugeot, and Cyrus West Field. After him are Stanley Ho, John McAfee, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Harvey S. Firestone, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, and Ethan Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ratan Tata ranks 79. Before him are Anatoly Sobchak, Rubin Carter, Rafael Moneo, George Carlin, Maryanne Trump Barry, and Kōichirō Matsuura. After him are Michael Jeffery, Manuel Pinto da Costa, Karel Schwarzenberg, Yılmaz Güney, Tom Simpson, and Thomas Nagel. Among people deceased in 2024, Ratan Tata ranks 91. Before him are Geneviève Grad, Silvia Pinal, Richard Serra, Issa Hayatou, Martin Karplus, and Richard S. Hamilton. After him are Tony Todd, Tim Johnson, Philippe de Gaulle, John Mayall, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, and Mohammed Deif.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ratan Tata ranks 203 out of 1,861. Before him are Salmaan Taseer (1944), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Nirmala Joshi (1934), Vishvamitra (-2000), Mamnoon Hussain (1940), and Homi K. Bhabha (1949). After him are S. Jaishankar (1955), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Sudha Murty (1950), and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Ratan Tata ranks 4. Before him are Jamsetji Tata (1839), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), and Lakshmi Mittal (1950). After him are Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888), Ajay Banga (1959), Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), Sundar Pichai (1972), Satya Nadella (1967), Arvind Krishna (1962), Akshata Murty (1980), and Azim Premji (1945).

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