Jimmy Tata Age, Wiki and Bio

Jimmy Tata

Quick Info

ProfessionBusinessman
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth01/01/1941
Age83 years
BirthplaceMumbai

Bio/Wiki

Full nameJimmy Naval Tata
Known forBeing the younger brother of Ratan Tata

Physical Stats & More

Height175 cm
Eye ColorDark Brown
Hair ColorSalt and Pepper (semi-bald)

Personal Life

Date of Birth01/01/1941
BirthplaceBombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
NationalityBritish Indian (1941-1947), Indian (1947-present)
HometownBombay
ReligionZoroastrianism
EthnicityParsi
AddressSixth floor, Hampton Court, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Relationships & More

Marital StatusUnmarried

Family

FatherNaval Hormusji Tata (deceased; former director and deputy chairman of Tata Sons)
MotherSooni Commissariat
Siblings2
SpouseN/A
Other Relatives
Great GrandfatherJamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (deceased; industrialist, founder of the Tata Group)
GrandfatherRatanji Tata (deceased; philanthropist, businessman, and financier)
GrandmotherNavajbai Tata (deceased; businesswoman, first chairman of Tata Sons)
UncleDorabji Tata (deceased; Ratanji Tata's elder brother, industrialist, played a key part in uplifting the Tata Group)
StepmotherSimone Tata (entrepreneur, co-founder of Lakmé)
Family TreeRefer to Tata Family Tree post

Some Lesser Known Facts

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.