Tata Sons

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Tata Sons
Founded1917;107 years ago (1917) [1]
Headquarters Bombay House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
RevenueIncrease2.svg₹35,058 crore (US$4.4 billion) (FY 23) [2]
OwnerTata Trusts (100%)
Subsidiaries Tata
Website tata.com

Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. is the parent company of the Tata Group and holds 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. It is a privately owned conglomerate of nearly 100 companies encompassing several primary business sectors, including: chemicals, consumer products, energy, engineering, information systems, materials, and services. Its headquarters are in Mumbai. [3]

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Tata Sons was established as a trading enterprise in 1917, and engaged primarily in the lucrative opium and tea trade with Mongolia and China [4] before moving from conducting businesses directly to becoming the principal holding company of Tata Group. About 66% of the equity capital of Tata Sons 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. [5] Tata Sons is the owner of the Tata name and the Tata trademarks, which are registered in India and several other countries. It is one of the largest conglomerates in the Indian subcontinent. [6]

Location

The company is registered and located in Mumbai, India. [7]

Board of directors

The Tata Sons Board of Directors consists of the following: [8]

PositionPersonnel
Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran (chairman, Tata Group)
Independent directorFarida Khambata [9]
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%, [5] while Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry was the largest individual shareholder. [10] 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. [11] [12] Pallonji's shareholding was divided equally between his two sons, Shapoor Mistry and Cyrus Mistry, who died in September, 2022. [13]

ShareholderNo of sharesShare-holding percentage
Pallonji Shaprooji Mistry1080.03
Sterling investment corporation private limited371229.19
Cyrus investment private limited371229.19
Ratan Naval Tata33680.83
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust11306727.98
Sir Ratan Tata Trust9521123.56
Tata investment corporation limited3260.08
Sarvajanik Seva Trust3960.10
RD Tata Trust88382.19
Tata Education Trust150753.73
Tata Social Welfare Trust150753.73
Jrd Tata Trust162004.01
Tata Power Company Limited66731.65
Tata Consumer Products Limited 17550.43
The Indian Hotels Company Limited 45001.11
Tata Industries Limited.22950.57
Tata Chemicals Limited 102372.53
Tata Steel Limited 123753.06
Tata International Limited.14770.37
Tata Motors Limited 123753.06
Piloo Minocher Tata4870.12
Jimmy Naval Tata32620.81
Jimmy Minocher Tata1570.04
Veera Farhad Choksey1570.04
Simone Naval Tata80
Noel Naval Tata40581.00
HH Maharawal Virendra Singh Chauhan

(Raja of Chhota Udepur) [14]

10
MK Tata Trust24210.60

Conversion to Private Ltd, and internal conflicts

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; [15] [16] both these decisions were challenged in court by former executive chairman Cyrus Mistry. [17] 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; [18] [19] in response, Mistry filed a cross appeal in the court, seeking explanations for anomalies in the NCLAT. [20] On 26 March 2021, the Supreme Court of India upheld Tata Sons' decision to sack Cyrus Mistry. [21]

IPO

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. This anticipated IPO represents a key development in the Tata Group's strategy, reflecting its intent to tap into public markets for capital. [22] [23]

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