Tata Sons

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Tata Sons Private Limited
Founded1917;107 years ago (1917) [1]
Headquarters Bombay House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India [2]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
RevenueIncrease2.svg₹43,893 crore (US$5.3 billion) (FY 24) [4]
Increase2.svg₹34,654 crore (US$4.2 billion) (FY 24)
OwnerTata Trusts (66%)
Subsidiaries Tata Group
Website tata.com

Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. is the holding company of the Tata Group, headquartered in Mumbai. It owns the bulk of shareholding in the Tata group of companies including their land holdings across India, tea estates and steel plants, and derives its revenue from dividends from these companies and brand loyalty fees. Tata Sons is the owner of the Tata name and the Tata trademarks, which are registered in India and several other countries. [5]

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Tata Sons was established as a trading enterprise in 1917, and engaged primarily in the overseeing of profits and structuring them into the right direction of the Tata Group, [6] before moving from conducting businesses directly to becoming the principal holding company of Tata Group. [7] About 66% of its equity capital is held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the Tata family. The biggest two of these trusts are the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Sir Ratan Tata Trust. [8]

History

Natarajan Chandrasekaran took over as Chairman of Tata Sons on 21 February 2017. The company also undertook conversion from a public limited company to a private limited one in 2017; [9] [10] both these decisions were challenged in court by former executive chairman Cyrus Mistry. [11]

In December 2019, NCLAT declared the conversion, and by extension, Chandrasekaran's chairmanship, illegal and restored Mistry. On 10 January 2020, however, the Supreme Court stayed NCLAT's order; [12] [13] in response, Mistry filed a cross appeal in the court, seeking explanations for anomalies in the NCLAT. [14] On 26 March 2021, the Supreme Court of India upheld Tata Sons' decision to sack Cyrus Mistry. [15]

In March 2024, speculation arose about Tata Sons preparing for an Initial public offering (IPO), potentially valuing the company at up to $96 billion, according to investment advisory firm Spark. [16] [17]

In November 2024, Tata Sons reached an agreement with Singapore Airlines which saw Indian full-service carrier Vistara merge with Tata-owned Air India to form a single entity with an expanded network and broader fleet. [18]

Board of directors

The Tata Sons Board of Directors consists of the following: [19]

PositionPersonnel
Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Chairman, Tata Group)
Independent DirectorFarida Khambata [20]
Director Venu Srinivasan (Chairman, TVS Group)
Non-Executive Director Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Piramal Group & Shriram Group)
Additional Director Ralf Speth (Former CEO, Jaguar Land Rover)
DirectorBhaskar Bhat
Independent Director Harish Manwani
DirectorSaurabh Agrawal (CFO, Tata Sons)

Shareholding pattern

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Sir Ratan Tata Trust are the two biggest shareholders of Tata Sons, with a combined stake of around 50%, [8] while Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry was the largest individual shareholder. [21] Pallonji's father, Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry, was a prominent construction magnate who acquired a significant stake of Tata Sons in the 1930s initially from Framroze Edulji Dinshaw, and finally when JRD Tata's younger brother, Dorab, sold his shares in a fit of anger. [22] [23] Pallonji's shareholding was divided equally between his two sons, Shapoor Mistry and Cyrus Mistry, who died in September 2022. [24]

ShareholderNo of sharesShareholding percentagePart of
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust 113,06727.98Tata Trusts
Sir Ratan Tata Trust 95,21123.56Tata Trusts
Sterling Investment Corporation Private Limited37,1229.19 Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Cyrus Investment Private Limited37,1229.19 Shapoorji Pallonji Group
JRD Tata Trust16,2004.01Tata Trusts
Tata Education Trust15,0753.73Tata Trusts
Tata Social Welfare Trust15,0753.73Tata Trusts
Tata Steel 12,3753.06 Tata Group
Tata Motors 12,3753.06 Tata Group
Tata Chemicals 10,2372.53 Tata Group
RD Tata Trust8,8382.19Tata Trusts
Tata Power 6,6731.65 Tata Group
Noel Naval Tata 4,0581.00 Tata family
Indian Hotels Company 4,5001.11 Tata Group
Tata Industries Limited2,2950.57 Tata Group
MK Tata Trust2,4210.60Tata Trusts
Tata International Limited1,4770.37 Tata Group
Tata Consumer Products 1,7550.43 Tata Group
Piloo Minocher Tata4870.12 Tata family
Jimmy Naval Tata3,2620.81 Tata family
Ratan Naval Tata 3,3680.83 Tata family
Sarvajanik Seva Trust3960.10Tata Trusts
Tata Investment Corporation 3260.08 Tata Group
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry 1080.03 Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Jimmy Minocher Tata1570.04 Tata family
Vera Farhad Choksey1570.04 Tata family
Simone Naval Tata 80.00 Tata family
Virendra Singh Chauhan (Raja of Chhota Udaipur)
[25] 		10.00Others

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