|
Tata Sons
Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. is the holding company of the Tata Group, headquartered in Mumbai. It owns the bulk of shareholding in the Tata group of companies including their land holdings across India, tea estates and steel plants, and derives its revenue from dividends from these companies and brand loyalty fees. Tata Sons is the owner of the Tata name and the Tata trademarks, which are registered in India and several other countries. Tata Sons was established as a trading enterprise in 1917, and engaged primarily in the overseeing of profits and structuring them into the right direction of the Tata Group, before moving from conducting businesses directly to becoming the principal holding company of Tata Group. About 66% of its equity capital is held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the Tata family. The biggest two of these trusts are the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Sir Ratan Tata Trust. History Natarajan Chandrasekaran took over as Chairman of Tata Sons on 21 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata Group
The Tata Group () is an Indian multinational conglomerate group of companies headquartered in Mumbai. Established in 1868, it is India's largest business conglomerate, with products and services in over 160 countries, and operations in 100 countries. There are total 29 publicly listed Tata Group companies with a combined market capitalisation of ₹33.7 trillion (US$403 billion) as of 20 August 2024. History During the cotton boom in Bombay triggered by the American Civil War, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata and his father became involved with the Asiatic Banking Corporation. However, when the market declined, the firm faced significant financial difficulties. In 1868, the family’s fortunes improved substantially after securing a share in a profitable contract to supply the commissariat for British expedition to Abyssinia, Napier's expedition to Abyssinia. Throughout his career, Tata remained focused on four major aspirations: establishing an iron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shriram Group
Shriram Group is an Indian Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in Chennai. It was founded on 5 April 1974 by R. Thyagarajan (industrialist), R. Thyagarajan, AVS Raja and T. Jayaraman. The group had its beginning in chit funds business and later on entered the lending and insurance businesses. Companies *Shriram Finance is the flagship company of the Group which provides financial services such as commercial vehicle finance, passenger vehicle finance, small and medium enterprise, SME finance and retail lending (personal loans, gold loans and two-wheeler loans). It was formed in 2022 as the result of a merger of Shriram City Union Finance and Shriram Capital into Shriram Transport Finance. *Shriram Life Insurance is the life insurance arm of the group, and a joint venture between Shriram Group and South African company Sanlam. *Shriram General Insurance is engaged in commercial and retail vehicle insurance, home insurance and travel insurance. It is a joint venture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Naval Tata
Noel Naval Tata (born 1957) is an Irish businessman. He is the chairman of the Tata Trusts, Trent and Tata Investment Corporation, the managing director of Tata International, and the vice chairman of Titan Company and Tata Steel. On 11 October 2024, following the death of his half-brother Ratan Tata, Noel Tata was appointed as a chairman of the Tata Trusts that holds a 66% stake in Tata Sons, the parent company of the Tata Group that holds the bulk of shares of the Group. Early life Part of the Tata family, he is the son of Naval Tata and Simone Tata. He is the half-brother of Ratan Tata, the ex-chairman of the Tata Group, and Jimmy Tata. Tata earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Sussex, and attended the International Executive Programme at INSEAD business school in France. Career He began his career at Tata International, the Tata Group's arm for products and services offered abroad. In June 1999, he became the managing director of the Group's retail arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata Power
Tata Power Company Limited is an Indian electric utility and electricity generation company based in Mumbai, India and is part of the Tata Group. With an installed electricity generation capacity of 14,707 MW out of which 5847 MW is from Non-Conventional(Green Energy) sources rest from thermal, making it India's largest integrated power company. In February 2017, Tata Power became the first Indian company to ship over 1 GW solar modules. History The firm started as the Tata Hydroelectric Power Supply Company in 1910,Kale, Sunila (2014). Electrifying India: Regional Political Economies of Development'. Stanford University Press. p. 72. .Tyson, Kirk (1996). Competition in the 21st Century'. CRC Press. p. 173. . which amalgamated with the Andhra Valley Power Supply Company in 1916. It commissioned India's Second hydro-electric project in 1915 in Khopoli for 72 MW. Then second and third power plants were installed in Bhivpuri (75 MW) in 1919 and Bhira (300 MW) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata Chemicals
Tata Chemicals Limited is an Indian multinational corporation with interests in chemicals, crop protection and specialty chemistry products. The company is headquartered in Mumbai and has operations across India, Europe, North America and Africa. Tata Chemicals is a part of the Tata Group and its shares are traded on the NSE and BSE. Tata Chemicals has a publicly listed subsidiary called Rallis India. History and operations Tata Chemicals has the third largest soda ash production capacity plant in India. This was the second soda ash plant built in India by Kapilram Vakil (grandson of late Indian justice Nanabhai Haridas) that started operating in the year 1944. The township Mithapur, derives its name from "Mitha" which means salt in Gujarati language. Since 2006, Tata Chemicals has owned Brunner Mond, a United Kingdom-based chemical company with operations in Magadi (Kenya). On 27 March 2008, Tata Chemicals Ltd acquired General Chemical of US. In April 2010, Tata Chemica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata Motors
Tata Motors Limited is an Indian Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive company, headquartered in Mumbai and part of the Tata Group. The company produces passenger cars, cars, trucks, vans, and busses, buses. The company's notable subsidiaries include British Jaguar Land Rover and South Korean Tata Daewoo. Tata Motors has joint ventures with Hitachi (Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery) and Stellantis, which makes vehicle parts for Fiat Chrysler and Tata-branded vehicles. Tata Motors has auto manufacturing and vehicle plants in Jamshedpur, Pantnagar, Lucknow, Sanand Plant (Tata Motors), Sanand, Dharwad, and Pune in India, as well as in Argentina, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Thailand. It has research and development centers in Pune, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Dharwad, India and South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Spain. Tata Motors is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, BSE and National Stock Exchange of India, NSE, and is a constituent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata Steel
Tata Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with its primary operations based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group. Formerly known as Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), Tata Steel was among the top 50 steel producers between 2022 and 2023, with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tons and one of the world's most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence spanning multiple regions. The group (excluding SEA operations) recorded a consolidated turnover of US$31 billion in the financial year ending 31 March 2023. It is the largest steel company in India (measured by domestic production), with an annual capacity of 21.6 million tons after the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL). Tata Steel, SAIL, and Jindal Steel and Power are the only three Indian steel companies that have captive iron-ore mines. Tata Steel operates in 26 cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Dorabji Tata And Allied Trusts
The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust was established by Sir Dorab Tata (fondly called ''Sir Dorabji''), the elder son of Tata Group founder Jamsetji Tata. Founded in 1932, it is one of the oldest non-sectarian philanthropic organisations in India. History Like his father, Sir Dorabji believed that one must make use of the wealth one had acquired for constructive purposes. So, in less than a year after his wife Meherbai's death, he donated all his wealth to the trust, insisting that it must be used "without any distinction of place, nationality or creed", for the advancement of learning and research, the relief of distress and other charitable purposes. He died three months later. The wealth that he turned over to the trust comprised his substantial share holdings in Tata Sons, Indian Hotels and allied companies, his landed properties and 21 pieces of jewellery left by his wife, including the famous Jubilee Diamond, estimated then to be of the value of Rs 10 million. Today, these woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus Mistry
Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (4 July 1968 – 4 September 2022) was an Indian-born Irish billionaire businessman. He was the chairman of the Tata Group, an Indian business conglomerate, from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the group, and only the second (after Nowroji Saklatwala) not to bear the surname ''Tata''. In mid-2012, he was chosen by a selection panel to head the Tata Group and took charge in December that year. In October 2016, the board of Tata Group's holding company, Tata Sons, voted to remove Mistry from the post of chairman. Former chairman Ratan Tata then returned as interim chairman, and Natarajan Chandrasekaran was named as the new chairman a few months later. However, in December 2019, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) declared the appointment of Chandrasekaran as executive chairman illegal, and restored Mistry. However, the Supreme Court stayed NCLAT's order on 10 January 2020. Mistry had filed a cross-appeal in the court, seeking e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited (SPCPL), trading as Shapoorji Pallonji Group, is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai. Its primary business interests include construction and engineering, infrastructure, real estate, energy, and textiles, among others. The company was headed by a grandson of founder Pallonji Mistry, also named Pallonji Mistry, until 2012, when he announced his retirement and the succession of his son, Shapoor Mistry. Shapoorji Pallonji is regarded as "one of India's most valuable private enterprises". The Shapoorji Pallonji Group has three listed companies– Afcons Infrastructure, Forbes & Company Ltd, and Gokak Textiles. The company is known for building some of Mumbai's landmarks around the Fort area, including the Hong Kong Bank, Grindlays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Reserve Bank of India building, Bombay Stock Exchange building and Taj Intercontinental. Apart from these, the company has built Al Alam Palace for the Sult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallonji Mistry
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (1 June 1929 – 28 June 2022) was an Irish billionaire businessman of Indian descent. He was chairman of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and a major shareholder of India's largest private conglomerate, Tata Group. Early life Pallonji Mistry was born to Shapoorji Mistry in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 1 June 1929. He was a member of Parsi community in Bombay. The Mistrys own a substantial construction company, Shapoorji Pallonji. Shapoorji, the group patriarch and Pallonji's father, built some of Mumbai's landmarks around the Fort area – the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, the Grindlays Bank, the Standard Chartered Bank, the State Bank of India and the Reserve Bank of India buildings. Career His father first bought shares in Tata Sons in the 1930s, a stake that as of 2011 stood at 18.4%, making Mistry the largest individual shareholder in Tata Sons, which is primarily controlled by the Tata philanthropic Allied Trusts, and the largest individual sharehol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harish Manwani
Harish Manwani (born 1953) is an Indian business executive who was the global chief operating officer of Unilever. He is a senior operating partner at Blackstone since 2015 and a director of Whirlpool, Qualcomm, Gilead Sciences and Tata Sons among others. Early life Manwani went to St. Xavier's School, Delhi and graduated from Mumbai University. He obtained a master's degree in management studies at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Career In 1976, Manwani joined Unilever in India (Hindustan Lever Limited). He became a member of the company board with responsibility for the Personal Products Division. He also held regional responsibility for personal products in Central Asia and the Middle East. In 2000, he moved to Unilever headquarters in the UK as the senior vice president of global hair care and oral care and subsequently held several senior general management positions with P&L responsibilities including president of home and personal care for Latin Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
