He was honoured by Queen Elizabeth with ‘Knight Grand Cross’, one of the UK’s highest civilian awards.
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Awarded Assam Baibhav Award -- highest civilian award of the state.
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz admired Tata as a ‘man with so much grace’ -- he could sit and listen to him for days.
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In his leadership, the revenues of Tata Group grew more than 40 times and profits grew by over 50 times.
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Donated $50 Mn for construction of an executive centre at Harvard Business School which was named Tata Hall.
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With Mukesh Ambani, he invested in an electric ride-sharing company ‘Blusmart’ to revamp the Indian public transport system.
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In 1999, Bill Ford said he will be doing a favour on Tata by purchasing Tata Motors. Tata didn’t sell at that time and it had best-selling cars by 2008.
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Tata acquired Ford's JLR in 2008, Bill Ford said Ratan Tata was "doing a big favour to the firm".
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Invested in ‘Goodfellows’--a startup that provides companionship to elderly people by pairing them with young graduates.
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A Trained Pilot--first civilian to fly F-16 during the Aero India show in Bangalore in 2007.