Piramal Group’s Ajay Piramal writes: Ratan Tata transformed the Tata Group into a diversified behemoth and engineered several overseas acquisitions

Over the many decades that I have known Ratan, and more recently, over the past five years that I have been on the Board of Tata Sons, I have been privy to his inimitable quiet leadership style as he has led the Group to achieve its iconic status. With Ratan driving various pathbreaking and innovative initiatives, the Group’s revenues increased by over 40 times during his tenure.

• Over the many decades that I have known Ratan, and more recently, over the past five years that I have been on the Board of Tata Sons, I have been privy to his inimitable quiet leadership style as he has led the Group to achieve its iconic status.
• In 2003, TCS became the first Indian software company to cross $1 billion in revenues and went public in 2004 with the largest IPO in India, raising nearly $1.2 billion.
• Not one to shy away from tough decisions, he has successfully navigated through many difficult ones, including that with the seven satraps at Tata Group early on in his career, or the more recent matter with Cyrus Mistry.

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