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Its 85th Birthday of our living legend! its the birthday of person who is legendary industrialist, an entrepreneur and of course former chairman of Tata Sons, needs no introduction, the most loved person across the country Ratan tata turns 85 today.
Wishing a happiest birthday to him, Devendra Fadnavis posted a picture of his with Ratan tata with a sweet birthday message as caption:
Heartiest birthday greetings to the legendary Shri Ratan Tata ji!
Sir, wishing you a very long life and very good health! @RNTata2000 pic.twitter.com/IHjQop8Fqa— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) December 28, 2022
On the occasion of his birthday, following are some of the lesser known facts about him:
- The founder of the Tata Group, Jamsetji Tata, is the great-grandfather of Ratan Tata. He was raised by his grandmother, Navajbai Tata. He was only ten years old when his parents divorced in 1948.
- Ratan Tata started his first job at the Tata organization. At Tata Steel, his first duty was to oversee the blast furnace and the limestone dump. Ratan Tata declined the job offer from IBM in favor of working for his family’s company.
- He once admitted that while he was working in Los Angeles, there was a time when he fell in love. But because of the 1962 Indo-China War, the girl’s parents were opposed to sending her to India. After which he never got married.
- Under his able leadership, the Tata Group’s revenues increased more than 40 times. Profits increased by a factor of more than 50. The company made about $103 billion in 2016 after only making $5.7 billion in 1991.
- In 2009, he fulfilled his promise and created the Tata Nano, India’s most affordable car, with a price tag of Rs. 1 lakh.
- Due to the fact that the family and the business donate more than 65% of their wealth to charity, he is not listed among the billionaires or the wealthiest people in the world.
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