Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata

 Hi friends, inthis blog we going to discuss about Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata. After Dorabji’s death, the Tata legacy was carried forward by Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata. JRD Tata took over as the Chairman of the Tata group in 1938. Aged 34, he was the youngest Chairman in company history. When he started his term as Chairman, there were 14 companies under the umbrella of the Tata group. 

JRD Tata was truly a gifted entrepreneur. With a brilliant combination of the right amount of risk, aggression and due diligence, he expanded the family business and took it to new heights. Known as the father of Indian civil aviation, he started Tata Airlines in 1932. He was one of the first pilots in India, and flew the inaugural flight from Karachi to Mumbai himself. The company was nationalised in 1946 and came to be known as Air India henceforth.

Under JRD’s leadership, the total assets of the Tata Group grew from $100 million to over $5 billion. When he retired from the company in 1991, the family business had grown to a conglomerate of 95 companies. Some of his most noteworthy contributions include Tata Chemical, Tata Tea, Tata Motor (TELCO) and TCS. With regard to his philanthropic contributions, he started the Tata Memorial Hospital in 1941 for affordable cancer treatment.

 JRD Tata was succeeded by Ratan Tata as the Chairman of the Tata Group in 1991. He too, proved himself as a worthy successor. During the 21 years of his reign, he expanded the business rapidly, and ensured that revenues earned by the Tata Group grew over 40 times and the profit earned grew fiftyfold.