Friday, September 14, 2007

RATAN TATA

Corus takeover: Who is Ratan Tata?




India's Tata Steel has won the battle to take over the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus by making a £5.75bn ($11.3bn) bid.

Tata chairman Ratan Tata is not among the Forbes' list of 40 richest Indians around the world.

His sprawling business empire is no longer the largest among privately-owned Indian groups.

He's not even considered the most powerful businessman in India.

More importantly, there's still a lack of clarity about who'll be his successor after his planned retirement in 2012.

But he's one of the most respected corporate chieftains in India.

And when London-based steelmaker Corus agreed to his takeover bid in October, he had arrived on the global arena.

That's a short snapshot of Ratan Tata, 69, who controls the $22bn Tata group, which includes 96 companies manufacturing a range of products from automobiles to watches, steel to fertilisers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6071090.stm

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