Jimmy Tata, an Indian businessman, is the younger brother of Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group. |
He hails from a Gujarati business-class family in Mumbai. |
Ratan Tata mentioned facing bullying and hardships after his parents' divorce in 1948, emphasizing their grandmother's role in raising them. |
After college, Jimmy began working in the textile industry under Naval Tata of Tata Sons. |
Upon Naval Tata's death in 1989, Jimmy became the trustee of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust as per his will. |
Jimmy invested in various Tata-held subsidiaries like TCS, Tata Motors, and Tata Steel. |
He departed from Tata Sons in the 1990s. |
Reported sources claim Jimmy Tata avoids cell phones and prefers staying updated through newspapers. |
According to Harsh Goenka, Jimmy is a skilled squash player who has won matches against him. |
Jimmy Tata's interests led him away from a career at Tata Sons. |
In 2016, he opposed the board's decision to remove Cyrus Mistry as chairman, expressing his dissent in multiple letters to Ratan Tata and the Tata Group. |