Ratan Tata is the chairman of the Tata Group, India's largest corporation. He is the latest in a long line of Tatas to head the family-owned company. Ratan has revolutionized the company by focusing on high-tech products. He increased the international profile of the company by buying recognized brands. Tata is single and leads a modest lifestyle in his bachelor apartment.
拉丹·塔塔是印度最大公司塔塔集團(tuán)總裁。拉丹是塔塔家族企業(yè)第一繼承人。通過高科技產(chǎn)品對公司進(jìn)行改革。并通過收購大品牌企業(yè)揚名國際。拉丹是一名單身漢,生活方式適度節(jié)制。
Tata was born in Bombay in 1937. He received a Bachelor’s degree in architecture from America’s Cornell University in 1962 and briefly worked as an architect in California. He returned to India and joined the Tata Group. In 1971 he was appointed director of the radio and electronics division. Tata worked his way up to become chairman of Tata Industries in 1981.
1937年,塔塔出生于孟買。1962年,獲得美國康奈爾大學(xué)建筑學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位,并在加州短暫任職建筑師。之后,他回到印度,加入塔塔集團(tuán)。1971年,他被任命為廣播和電子部門總裁。1981年,他通過自己的努力成為了塔塔工業(yè)主席。
Tata spent the 1980s transforming and modernizing the company. He branched out into business consultancy and high technology enterprises. His success elevated him to overall chairman of the Tata group. He did away with the old styles of management and recruited an army of eager, technology-savvy managers. The Tata Group is now the biggest on the Indian Stock Market.
20世紀(jì)80年代,拉丹讓塔塔走上了現(xiàn)代化發(fā)展。并開創(chuàng)了商務(wù)咨詢和高科技部門。他的成功讓他成為了塔塔集團(tuán)董事長。他摒棄了老舊的管理模式,并聘用了許多充滿激情的技術(shù)經(jīng)理。目前,塔塔集團(tuán)是印度證券市場的第一大企業(yè)。
Ratan Tata is now setting about making Tata an internationally recognized brand. Tata Motors is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and bought the luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover. He stunned the world by creating the Tata Nano, a car selling for less than $2,500. In 2007, he was listed among the 25 most powerful people in world business by ‘Fortune’ magazine.
如今,拉丹·塔塔正在把塔塔集團(tuán)建造成世界品牌。塔塔汽車在紐約證券所上市,并收購了奢侈品牌捷豹和路虎。塔塔轎車Nano讓世界驚訝,它的售價不到2500美元。2007年,拉丹·塔塔進(jìn)入《財富》雜志最具影響力25人榜單之中。
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