Ratan Naval Tata
Ratan Naval Tata (born December 28, 1937, in Mumbai) is the present Chairman of the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate founded by Jamsedji Tata and consolidated and expanded by later generations of his family. He is also the chairman of major Tata companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals, The Indian Hotels Company and Tata Teleservices.
| Ratan Naval Tata | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 28, 1937 Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Residence |  Mumbai, India |
| Nationality | India |
| Ethnicity | Parsi |
| Citizenship | India |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Harvard University |
| Occupation | Chairman of Tata Group |
| Home town | Mumbai, India |
| Religious beliefs | Zoroastrianism |
| Spouse(s) | Never married |
| Children | 2 Girls (adopted) |
Early life
Ratan Tata was born into the wealthy and famous Tata family of Mumbai. He was born to Soonoo and Naval Hormusji Tata. Ratan is the great grandson of Tata group founder Jamsetji Tata. Ratan's childhood was troubled, his parents separating in the mid-1940s, when he was about seven and his younger brother Jimmy was five. His mother moved out and both Ratan and his brother were raised by their grandmother Lady Navajbai.
[edit] Early career
Ratan Tata completed a BSc degree in engineering with structural engineering from Cornell University in 1962, and the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 1975.[1] He joined the Tata Group in December 1962, after turning down a job with IBM on the advice of JRD Tata. He was first sent to Jamshedpur to work at Tata Steel. He worked on the floor along with other blue-collar employees, shoveling limestone and handling the blast furnaces.[2] Ratan Tata, a shy man, rarely features in the society glossies, has lived for years in a book-crammed, dog-filled bachelor flat in Mumbai's Colaba district and is considered to be a gentleman extraordinaire.[3][4]
More @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratan_Naval_Tata
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Chanda Kochhar
| Chanda Kocchar | |
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 Kocchar at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2009 | |
| Born | November 17, 1961 Jodhpur, India |
| Occupation | CEO and MD, ICICI Bank |
| Children | A son and a daughter |
Chanda Kochhar (born November 17, 1961) is currently the Managing Director (MD) of ICICI Bank and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). ICICI Bank is India's largest private bank and overall second largest bank in the country.[1][2] She also heads the Corporate Centre of ICICI Bank. Kocchar has also consistently figured in Fortune's list of "Most Powerful Women in Business" since 2005. In 2009, she debuted at number 20 in the Forbes "World's 100 Most Powerful Women list".
More @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanda_Kochhar
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