Who is Jimmy Tata? Meet the low profile brother of Ratan Tata

Though a shareholder in Tata Sons and several other Tata companies, Jimmy never was interested in business.Premium
Though a shareholder in Tata Sons and several other Tata companies, Jimmy never was interested in business.
1 min read . Updated: 19 Jan 2022, 07:05 PM IST Livemint

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This is the tale of the other Tata brother. While the older brother Ratan Tata is often seen to hit headlines, the younger one Jimmy Tata lives a quiet reticent life in a humble flat in Colaba. ‘Low profile like the Tata group,’ businessman Harsh Goenka points out. 

Though a shareholder in Tata Sons and several other Tata companies, Jimmy never was interested in business. 

Noting him to be a great  squash player, Goenka further asserted, “would beat me every time."

Followers reacted enthusiastically.

One said, When someone like legendary JRD adopts, then the life begins at different level. The 2 brothers were apart by JRD.

No Sir, we never knew him. Thank you, however for introducing him to us. He seems a content man with whatever he has. Destiny after all has diffrent things for different people, said another

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May be they work in silence but their results make high decibel noise and instead of profile they stress on vision and special ' tata culture '

As per reports, Jimmy never kept a mobile phone, newspapers have been his only source of information. Even then he is aware of every development of the Tata group. 

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