Amazing facts about 'RATAN TATA'.๐
- Many people don’t know that Ratan Tata is a trained pilot. He owns a pilot’s license and is often seen flying aircraft owned by the Tata Group. He was also the first Indian to fly the F-16 Falcon in 2007.
- Though he was born in an affluent household, Ratan Tata had a troubled childhood. His parents, Naval Hormusji Tata and Sooni Tata separated when he was just 7 years old. Post the separation, his brother and he were raised by their grandmother.
- In 1999, Ratan Tata and his team went to Ford to sell their emerging car business and were humiliated by Bill Ford who said, “You do not know anything, why did you start the passenger car division at all.” Nine years later, Ratan Tata got his sweet revenge when he took over Ford’s ace car brands, Jaguar and Land Rover, for half the price.
- Ratan Tata is not included in the world’s richest as he owns most of his shares through trusts and foundations. If all those shares are accounted, his net worth would be $ 72 billion.
- By his own admission, Ratan Tata came close to marriage 4 times in his life, but backed off each time either due to fear or another reason.
- Ratan Tata believes in keeping up promises and this is the reason, he came up with Cars that every Indian could afford i.e. the Nano car in 2009.
- Ratan Tata was offered a job at IBM but he rejected the proposal and instead joined his family business.
- He is an Animal lover: Renowned headquarters of Tata Sons -Bombay House -has a special kennel for stray dogs. Ratan Tata himself owns a number of pet dogs.
- Ratan Tata invested in various successful startups.
- Best Quotes by Ratan Tata -
Ups and Downs in life are very important to keep us going because a straight line in ECG means we are not alive.
I don’t believe in taking the right decisions, I take decisions first and then make them right.
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