Mr. Ratan N. Tata
Mr. Ratan Tata heads the salt-to-software Tata Group www.tata.com , India’s best known and reputed corporate house whose products and services touch the lives of most Indians in some way. The 137-year old group has 91 operating companies and annual revenues in excess of 17 billion USD. 'Tata' endures as one of India’s most trusted brands, a value nurtured and reinforced in every new group initiative. The house of Tata is unique among Indian industrial houses in that 66 per cent of the capital of the parent firm, Tata Sons Limited, is held by Tata (philanthropic) Trusts which have sponsored and promoted a number of public institutions of national interest, including hospitals, education and research centres and scientific and cultural establishments.