A fact sheet on the TATA Group, India's largest private sector business conglomerate, which Wednesday evening named Mr Cyrus Mistry to succeed Mr Ratan Tata as its next chairman:
Past titans
Mr Jamsetji Tata, Sir Dorabji Tata, Sir Nowroji Saklatvala, Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata
Chairman
Mr Ratan Naval Tata retiring Dec 2012
Deputy Chairman and Chairman Designate
Mr Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
Headquarters
The landmark Bombay House in downtown Mumbai
Promoter companies
TATA Sons and TATA Industries
Shareholding
About 66% of equity capital of TATA Sons held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the TATA family
Decision makers
Mr Ratan N Tata, Mr RK Krishna Kumar, Mr R Gopalakrishnan, Mr Ishaat Hussain, Mr Kishor Chaukar and Mr Arunkumar Gandhi
Number of companies
Over 100 operating companies
Areas of interest
Seven business segments covering information technology and communications, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals
Group turnover
Total revenue of TATA companies was USD 83.3 billion (around INR 3,796.75 billion) in 2010-11, with 58% of this coming from overseas business
Market capitalization
Approx USD 77.44 billion (as on Nov 17, 2011)
Shareholder base of listed companies: Around 4.3 million investors
Countries of operation
Over 80 countries across six continents
Employees
425,000
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; Campton Place Hotel of US in April 2007; Jaguar and Land Rover car brands of UK in March 2008; Citigroup Global Services of US in Dec 2008; General Chemical Industrial Products (now TATA Chemicals North America) of US in Jan 2008; BT Group's Mosaic business of UK in Jan 2010 and British Salt of UK in Dec 2010.
Some popular brands
Nano (small car), Jaguar (luxury car), Land Rover (SUV), Tetley (beverages), Tanishq (jewellery), Titan (watches), Voltas (consumer durables), Rallis (agro-chemicals), Westside (garments), TATA Docomo (telecom), Taj Hotels (hospitality), Taj Air (in-flight catering), Nelco (electronics), TATA Sky (DTH).
Some brand ambassadors
Mr Ranbir Kapoor, Mr Aamir Khan, Ms Sania Mirza, Mr Irfan Pathan, Mr Narain Karthikeyan.
Some major companies
TATA Consultancy Services, TATA Tea, TATA Coffee, TATA Motors, Titan, Indian Hotels, 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
(Sourced from Ties of India)
