Ratan Tata is the Chairman of the Tata Group which is one of the largest group of industries. Something he inherits from his earlier generation. His parent got separated and he has been brought up by his grandmother. Ratan Tata did his schooling from Cathedral and John Cannon School in Mumbai. Later on he got his Architectural and Engineering Degree from Cornell University. After that he joined his family business. He got a job offer from IBM but he joined the Jamshedpur Tata Steel plant working with the Blue Collar employees handling blast furnaces. 

In 1971, Ratan Tata joined Nelco and turned it into a profit churning company. Later on he joined the very bad conditioned of Tatas Empress Mill and he turned it into a dividend declaring company. In 1981 he was declared the Chairman of the Tata Group of Industries. Today the Company has been listed in New York Stock Exchange. 

The young lad who left the IBM job and brewed the corridors of his own company, is today the Chairman of Tata Group of Companies and has his company listed in New York Exchange. He also has been credited to give India cheapest car Tata Nano.