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S. Economy & Markets Companies Technology Digital Life Culture Sports Crypto Opinion Listings & More Spotlight Glossary SMB Forum Glossary K-Wave CEO Spotlight Editions Australia Edition India Edition International Edition Singapore Edition United Kingdom United States NEWSLETTER Follow Us Editions Australia Edition India Edition International Edition Singapore Edition United Kingdom United States Sports Ratan Tata: Indian Mogul Who Built A Global Powerhouse By AFP News Published 10/09/24 AT 4:06 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata poses next to a 'Tata Indigo Marina' in 2004 AFP Industrialist Ratan Tata, who has died aged 86, was credited with transforming India's Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate with a portfolio ranging from software to sports cars. A painfully shy student, he planned to be an architect and was working in the United States when his grandmother, who raised him, asked him to return home and join the sprawling family business.
He started out in 1962, staying in a hostel for apprentices and working on the shop floor near blast furnaces. "It was terrible at that time but if I look back at it, it's been a very worthwhil.