Often considered India’s most loved industrialist, philanthropist and billionaire businessman Ratan Tata turned 83 today. The former chairman of Tata Group and the scion that helms the charitable trust of the Group, Tata is known to have a heart of gold given his philanthropic efforts to help the needy.
Born in 1937, Tata earned a B.S. (1962) in architecture before returning to work in India from the US. He gained experience in a number of Tata Group businesses and was named director in charge (1971) of one of them, the National Radio and Electronics Co. He became chairman of Tata Industries a decade later, and in 1991 succeeded his uncle, J.R.D. Tata, as chairman of the Tata Group.