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Ratan Tata

Chairman of Tata Sons, 1991–2012

India · b. 1937

Business and finance

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Chaired Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, from 1991 to 2012, overseeing the acquisitions of Tetley, Corus and Jaguar Land Rover. He trained as an architect at Cornell University and died in 2024.

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Question What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore? Time & hindsight read 76 other answers →

I would hope that most of you will in fact strive for leadership in a principled manner with values, because that would be the foundation that this country needs to have if it is to take its place in the world. I would hope that each of you would lead by example and that each of you would live by the principles that you espouse.

Recorded Indian School of Business, Hyderabad — graduation address, Rediff Business, 11 June 2010 source ↗

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