50 People Who Matter 2010 | 27. Ratan Tata

Man of steel.

By New Statesman Published 27 September 2010

The head of India's largest private company, the Tata Group, has come to represent a successful, modern nation.

Aggressive expansion has raised Tata's profile in the west, and the firm's takeover of British concerns such as Land Rover and Corus inverted the old imperial paradigm: the once-colonised had become the coloniser.

With the Tata Group rolling out the Nano - the world's cheapest car - the company's future looks assured.

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Berzisht D. Jalnawalla's picture

Fri, 2010-12-24 14:23 — Berzisht D. Jalnawalla (not verified)

Now I really feel proud of Being a Parsi.
Thanks you make the entire community proud.

Sonal's picture

Fri, 2010-10-01 14:47 — Sonal (not verified)

You do me proud :)

hem's picture

Thu, 2010-10-28 10:25 — hem (not verified)

he had proved the capability of asian people

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