Indeed, a Ratna

Ratan Tata could never have imagined 16 years ago that one day he would be India's most powerful man. His ascent to the helm of the Tata group was fraught with succession battles with some of the senior Tata executives. Luckily his uncle,the iconic J.R.D Tata was with him. This made matters a bit easy. He inherited a group that was grappling with globalization and open markets. It had become personal fiefdoms of top executives of various companies of Tata group. Mckinzey & Mckinzey had advised Tata to quit the steel business.

Today, Tata group is India's largest group in terms of market capitalization; Tata tea is world's largest tea producer; Tata steel world's fifth largest Steel producer; TCS is Asia's largest software company; Tata motors India's largest automobile company phew....
Ratan Tata is definitely credited with this turnaround. He has changed the way the group is now perceived by the public. All these achievements without sacrificing the values and ethics which the Tata group has consistently upheld since its inception. Ratan Tata is a bachelor. He has less than 1% stake in Tata group, lives in an apartment in Bakhtawar,Colaba, Mumbai. At 70, he is super fit and doesnt smoke and drink. The Corus acquisition brought to the fore his lesser known quality: Determination. The one lac car is on the verge of fruition, thanks to his tenacity and determination to achieve something which all car makers across the world had declared: impossible.

William Blake wrote:

Who then can lead us out of the darkness?
What we need is an emperor of men, someone who is strong,
commanding,brilliant, secular, compassionate and valorous
so that the forces of darkness will shrink back, powerless
to stop his onslought

We have found that man in Ratan Tata. A God's gift to India and jewel in Tata group's crown.
He is indeed,a 'Ratna'.