Known for being the 'humble' business tycoon, Ratan Tata was one of the world's most influential industrialists and had control over 30 companies that operated in over 100 countries across six continents never appeared on any list of billionaires. It might be otherwise logical to expect that a person who has operated the largest business empire in India for nearly six decades and still holds huge influence on its companies will be among the top 10 or 20 richest Indians. But that is not the case.
And the reason for this could be the massive philanthropy work that the Tatas do through the Tata Trust. Also Read: Ratan Tata's ambitious Nano dream after seeing Indians sandwiched on scooters But Tatas never owned too much of their own company shares since Jamsetji Tata made the constitution itself such that majority of what they earned in Tata Sons was donated to Tata Trusts. Tatas have been the foremost philanthropists, much before the likes of Bill Gates came into the picture.
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