How tall is Ratan Tata?

Ratan Tata's listed height was 178 cm (5'10").

About Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist, born on 28 December 1937 in the Fort area of what was then British India. He died on 9 October 2024. He was the son of Naval Tata, who was adopted by Ratanji Tata, son of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group. He graduated from Cornell University College of Architecture and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 1975.

Tata joined the Tata Group in 1962, starting on the shop floor of Tata Steel. He succeeded JRD Tata as chairman of Tata Sons in 1991 and served as chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons until 2012, then as interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017. During his tenure the group acquired Tetley, Jaguar Land Rover and Corus.

Tata stood at a listed 178 cm (5'10"). He received the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008, and he invested in over 40 start-ups, primarily in a personal capacity.

Frequently asked

How tall is Ratan Tata in feet and inches? Ratan Tata was 5'10" tall, which is 178 cm, 70.1 inches or 1.78 m.

Sources

• Ratan Tata on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Ratan Tata on Wikidata — nationality and dates.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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