Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata or JRD Tata (1904-1933) was born in Paris to Indian and French parents. He was trained as an aviator in Europe and later became India's first commercial airline pilot, working for the Tata group where he set up Tata Airlines, which became modern-day Air India. By the time of his death, Tata owned nearly 100 businesses across many industries.
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata or JRD Tata (1904-1933) was born in Paris to Indian and French parents. He was trained as an aviator in Europe and later became India's first commercial airline pilot, working for the Tata group where he set up Tata Airlines, which became modern-day Air India. By the time of his death, Tata owned nearly 100 businesses across many industries.
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata or JRD Tata (1904-1933) was born in Paris to Indian and French parents. He was trained as an aviator in Europe and later became India's first commercial airline pilot, working for the Tata group where he set up Tata Airlines, which became modern-day Air India. By the time of his death, Tata owned nearly 100 businesses across many industries.
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata or JRD Tata (1904-1933) was born in Paris to Indian and French parents. He was trained as an aviator in Europe and later became India's first commercial airline pilot, working for the Tata group where he set up Tata Airlines, which became modern-day Air India. By the time of his death, Tata owned nearly 100 businesses across many industries.
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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Or Jrd Tata (1904-1933)
Was born in paris to indian and french parents. He was trained
as an aviator in europe and later became india's first commercial airline pilot. Working for the family business, tata group, he set out on his own and built tata airlines, which ultimately became the modern air india. By the time of his death, tata owned nearly 100 different businesses across many industries. Notably, his automobile venture, tata motors (ttm) Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, Age 68
Co-founded Indian IT giant Infosys (INFY)
(Infosys19.40+1.30% ) with an initial investment of 10,000 rupees, or just a few hundred dollars in today's money. He is often referred to as the father of the Indian IT industry, serving as CEO of Infosys from 1981 until 2002, and then its chairman until 2011. Azim Premji
Is worth an estimated $15.3 billion and is the chairman of
Wipro Industries (WIT) (Wipro4.85-1.22%) a diversified software and technology company that many have compared to Microsoft. Premji is sometimes referred to as India's Bill Gates as a result. The life and times of Azim Premji are testament to the fact that he believes in giving back to the society in a meaningful manner and help it go ahead. In that vein, he has opened a number of charitable institutions and NGOs over the years. He has also taken part in some key charitable initiatives Ghanshyam Das Birla (1894-1983)
Started his first company in the early 1900s operating a cotton
and textile mill. By 1919 birla's businesses also included significant paper and sugar production. By the time he died, birla group was a multi-sector global conglomerate. His son kumar birla now runs the company and commands a net worth of $7 billion. Mukesh "Micky"Jagtiani
Is an Indian businessman who has spent most of his life outside
of India. He was educated in Mumbai and Beirut, eventually settling in London. While in London, he dropped out of college and began driving a taxi before starting his first company which eventually grew into the retail and real estate giant Landmark, now based out of Dubai. Landmark has expanded into e- commerce, creating India's version of Amazon (AMZN) (Amazon.com Inc1,739.02+1.66% ). Jagtiani is worth over $5 billion. Ardeshir Godrej (1868-1936)
Co-founded the Godrej Group, a diversified conglomerate
with interests in real estate, consumer products, security, household appliances, and industrial tools. The company had modest beginnings — Adreshir and his brother succeeded at locksmithing after failed ventures into hand fashioned medical devices. Godrej Group was founded with a 3,000-rupee investment, and the Godrej companies are worth over half a trillion rupees today. Shiv Nadar Founded Hcl
Info systems in 1976 with an investment of a few thousand
dollars, selling calculators and microcomputers. Hcl soon expanded to singapore and the far east, generating over 1 million rupees in sales not long after its expansion. Hcl has continued to grow making nadar a billionaire worth over $11 billion. Dilip Shanghvi
Started Sun Pharmaceuticals in 1982 with a meager 10,000
rupee investment. Today, that investment has grown to a value of nearly 2 trillion rupees, making Sun India's largest pharmaceutical company. Today, Shanghvi has a net worth of around $12.8 billion. RATAN TATA-TATA GROUPS
Ratan N Tata was the Chairman of Tata Sons and holding
company of the Tata group, from 1991 till his retirement on December 28, 2012. He was also chairman of the major Tata companies, including Tata Steel, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Teleservices, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Chemicals and Indian Hotels. During his tenure, the group’s revenues grew manifold that totalling over $100 billion in 2011-12.Many Tata companies have achieved global leadership in their businesses. For instance, Tata Communications is no one international wholesale voice provider and Tata Steel is among the top fifteen best steelmakers. Tata Motors is among the top ten commercial vehicle manufacturers in the world.TCS is the second largest IT services company in the world by market cap and profit and Tata Global Beverages is the second-largest tea company in the world .Tata Chemicals is the world’s second-largest manufacturer of soda ash. TOP 10 ENTERPRENEUR OF INDIA 1. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Or Jrd Tata 2. Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy 3. Azim Premji 4. Ghanshyam Das Birla 5. Mukesh "Micky"Jagtiani 6. Ardeshir Godrej 7. Shiv Nadar 8. Dilip Shanghvi 9. Ratan Tata-Tata 10. Mukesh Ambani