Ratan Tata Birthday Special: 5 Lesser Known Facts About The Business Magnate; His Net Worth Is...

Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, philanthropist, Indian business tycoon who is an icon for several entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs and who is known for his big heart when it comes to donation needs no description. Today is a special day for the Indian tycoon as December 28 is Ratan Tata's birthday and he has turned 86 today. People from all corners of the world have wished the industrialist on his birthday and wished for a long life.

With 12.7 million followers on X (earlier Twitter), Ratan Tata is the 'most followed entrepreneur' in the country, according to the 360 ONE Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2023.

Ratan Tata was born on December 28, 1937, in Mumbai to Naval Tata and Sooni Tata. He did his schooling at Campion School, Cathedral, and John Connon School in Mumbai and the Bishop Cotton School in Shimla. Ratan Tata graduated from the Riverdale Country School in New York

Later on, he completed an Advance Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975. He took over as the chairman of the Tata Group in 1991.

Ratan Tata, is also called by netizens a man with zero haters. Away from the popular culture where rich individuals usually travel in business class, Ratan Tata proved that he is a man who believes in simplicity when he opted to travel in economy class once.

Ratan Tata Net Worth:

As of 2021, Ratan Tata's net worth was believed to be around $1.31 billion which is equivalent to Rs 8418 crore.

Here are some less known facts about the business tycoon:

• Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata group, is the great-grandfather of Ratan Tata. In 1948, when Ratan Tata was just 10, his parents separated, and he was subsequently raised and adopted by Navajbai Tata, his grandmother and widow of Ratanji Tata.
• The 86-year-old philanthropist and the former chairman of the Tata Group did not tie the knot. In an interview in 2011, Ratan Tata said that he had come close to getting married four times but could not married for various reasons.
• Ratan Tata once admitted that while he was working in Los Angeles, there was a time when he fell in love. However, due to the 1962 Indo-China War, the girl's parents were not in favor of sending their daughter to India. After which he never got married.
• TCS went public under Ratan Tata's leadership in 2004. In 2009, Ratan Tata promised to make the cheapest car, which the middle class of India could afford. Later, the group launched Tata Nano for Rs 1 lakh.
• The Indian billionaire has urged people to take care of stray dogs. Street dogs have always found a welcoming home at Bombay House dating back to the time of Jamsetji Tata. Ratan Tata continued the tradition. The Bombay House, headquarters of the Tata Group, underwent renovation in 2018, and they now have a dedicated room for stray dogs with luxuries.

Famous quotes by Ratan Tata:

"I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right."

"There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to do."

"Take the stones people throw at you. And use them to build a monument."

"If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together"