What is Ratan Tata?
[[file:Ratan Tata 2011 (The TCS Story Launch - CII) (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|205x205px|Tata in 2011.]] '''Ratan Tata''', {{post-nominals|list=[[Order of the British Empire|GBE]]}} (28 December 1937 &ndash; 9 October 2024), was an Indian [[Businessperson|businessman]] and [[Industrialisation|industrialist]]. He was the chairman of the [[Tata Group]] for two terms (1991–2012 and 2016–17).<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratan Tata is chairman emeritus of Tata Sons|work=The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-is-chairman-emeritus-of-Tata-Sonsss/articleshow/17671786.cms|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211181424/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-is-chairman-emeritus-of-Tata-Sonsss/articleshow/17671786.cms|archive-date=11 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Masani|first1=Zareer|date=5 February 2015|title=What makes the Tata empire tick?|work=The Independent (UK)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/what-makes-the-tata-empire-tick-10024897.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601162559/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/what-makes-the-tata-empire-tick-10024897.html|archive-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> In 2008, he received the [[Padma Vibhushan]], the second highest civilian honour in India, after receiving the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian honour in 2000.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k_k-EAAAQBAJ&q=ratan+tata|title=The Story of TATA: 1868 to 2021|last=Casey|first=Peter|date=2021-08-23|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5305-737-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQvzDAAAQBAJ&q=ratan+tata|title=Business Kohinoor Ratan Tata|last=Pandey|first=B. C.|date=2021-01-01|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|language=en}}</ref> He was born in [[Mumbai]], India. He was the so