RataN Tata Chairman, Tata Sons

Ethical Baron

Ratan Tata Chairman, Tata Sons As helmsman of the salt-to-software conglomerate, Ratan Tata weathered what was probably the biggest controversy to hit the country’s most respected busines house. He emerged unscathed from the rubble of telecom, gave a fillip to his dream project Nano, and commissioned India's biggest single-location power plant. In his final year as chairman, Tata not only facilitated an unbiased selection of a much younger gun as chairman, but is also making sure that the transition is as ethical as he is. It was hard to imagine anyone upgrading the pristine image of the House of Tata, but Ratan Tata has done it. The way he went global and orchestrated his succession has been remarkable. It is not a wise man who bets against Tata.