Ratan Tata, Whose Indian Business Empire Went Global

 

Ratan Tata, Whose Indian Business Empire Went Global, Dies at 86

The patriarch of a powerful family, his Tata Group put an indelible stamp on Indian life while acquiring British brand names like Tetley Tea and Jaguar.

Ratan Tata outside his home in Mumbai in 2021. He preferred to stay out of the limelight and projected a public image of a shy loner. Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times

By Jonathan Kandell

Published Oct. 9, 2024Updated Oct. 10, 2024

Ratan Tata, one of India’s most powerful and admired magnates, who transformed his family’s business conglomerate, the Tata Group, into a multinational corporation with globally recognizable brands, died on Wednesday in Mumbai. He was 86.

Indian industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata, who has died aged 86, is often hailed as the “people’s industrialist”.

Professor Thankom Arun of Essex Business School explores his legacy in The Conversation UK.

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