Factsheet on the Tata group
By IANSTuesday, March 24, 2009
NEW DELHI - A factsheet on Tata group, India’s largest industrial house founded by Jamsetji Tata in the mid-19th century, which Monday announced the commercial launch of their small car Nano:
Past titans: Jamsetji Tata, Sir Dorab Tata, Sir Ratan Tata, J.R.D. Tata, Naval Tata
Chief Executive: Ratan Naval Tata, 71
Headquarters: The landmark Bombay House in downtown Mumbai
Promoter companies: Tata Sons and Tata Industries
Shareholding: Majority of the equity capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the Tata family
Decision makers: The Group Corporate Centre comprises Ratan Naval Tata, N.A. Soonawala, J.J. Irani, R.K. Krishna Kumar, R. Gopalakrishnan, Ishaat Hussain, Kishor Chaukar, Arunkumar Gandhi and Alan Rosling
Number of companies: 98, of which 27 are listed
Areas of interest: Seven business segments covering information systems and communications, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals
Group turnover: $62.5 billion in 2007-08
Market capitalisation: $60 billion
Shareholder base of listed companies: Around 3.2 million investors
Countries of operation: Over 80, spread over six continents
Employees: 350,000
Some global companies acquired: Tetley of Britain in 2004, Daewoo Commercial Vehicles of South Korea in 2004, Eight O’clock Coffee of US in 2006, Anglo-Dutch Corus in 2007, Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008
Some popular brands: Tetley (beverages), Tanishq (jewellery), Titan (watches), Voltas (cooling appliances), Rallis (agro-chemicals), Westside (garments), Tata Indicom (telecom), Taj Air (in-flight catering), Nelco (electronics)
Some brand ambassadors: Tennis ace Sania Mirza, cricketers Saurav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan, Formula One racer Narain Karthikeyan, and actors Aamir Khan and Naseeruddin Shah
Some major companies: Indian Hotels, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Tata Coffee, Tata Motors, Titan, Rallis India, Voltas, Tata Chemicals, Tata Steel, CMC, Tata Communications, Tata Elxsi, Tata Power, Tata Investment, Tata Metaliks, Tayo Rolls, Tinplate, Trent, Tata Teleservices and Nelco
