Tata family biography

Indian business family

The Tata family is an Indian business family, based in Mumbai, India. The parent company is Tata Sons, which is the main holding company of the Tata Group. About 65% of the stock in these companies is owned by various Tata family charitable trusts, mainly the Ratan Tata Trust and the Dorab Tata Trust. Approximately 18% of the shares are held by the Pallonji Mistry family, and the rest by various Tata sons.

The Tatas are a Parsis family and originally came to Mumbai from Navsari in the state of Gujarat. The founder of the family's fortune was Jamshedji Tata.^[1]

Prominent members

• Sir Jamshedji Tata (3 March 1839 – 19 May 1904), known as one of the fathers of Indian industries.^[2] He and his wife Hirabai née Daboo were the parents of a daughter and two sons, being:
  • Dhunbai Tata, daughter of Jamshedji and Hirabai Tata. Unwed.
  • Sir Dorabji Tata (27 August 1859 – 3 June 1932), elder son of Jamshedji, Indian indust