Quotes by Ratan Tata

About Ratan Tata:

Ratan Naval Tata is an Indian businessman, investor, philanthropist and chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons. He was the chairman of Tata Group, a Mumbai-based conglomerate from 1991–2012. He stepped down as the chairman of Tata Group, on 28 December 2012 but continues as the chairman of the Group's charitable trusts.
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I have two or three cars that I like, but today, Ferrari would be the best car I have driven in terms of being an impressive car.

Ratan Tata

I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.

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What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind.

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If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it.

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I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

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Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could ...

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I would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing.

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There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.

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When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as being people who have well being and comforts, I think it takes a very insensitive, tough person not to feel...

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I followed someone who had very large shoes. He had very large shoes. Mr. J. R. D. Tata. He was a legend in the Indian business community. He had been at the helm of the Tata organization for 50 years. You were almost starting to think he was going t...

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I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a bad thing what I did. I think it may ...

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I have always been very confident and very upbeat about the future potential of India. I think it is a great country with great potential.

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Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.

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The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me.

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I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful.

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Author Bio

  • NameRatan Tata
  • DescriptionIndian businessman
  • BornDecember 28, 1937
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur
  • AwardsKnight Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire; Padma Vibhushan; Padma Bhushan; Maharashtra Bhushan Award; Canada India Foundation ("CIF") Chanchlani Global Indian Award; CNN-IBN Indian Of The Year