Noel Tata

Who is Noel Tata?

Noel Tata is an Indian businessman, who is the Vice-Chairman of Trent Ltd and Managing Director of Tata International. He is also the chairman of Tata Investment Corporation.

Noel Tata is the son of Naval Tata and Simone Tata. He is married to Aloo Mistry, the daughter of Pallonji Mistry, who is the largest single shareholder in Tata Sons. He is also the half-brother of Tata Group's Ex-chairperson, Ratan Tata.

Noel Tata began his career at Tata International, the Tata Group's arm for the products and services offered abroad. In June 1999, he became the managing director of the Group's retail arm Trent, which was founded by his mother. By this time, Trent had acquired the department store Littlewoods International, and changed its name to Westside. Tata developed Westside, and turned it into a profitable venture. In 2003, Noel Tata was appointed as the director of Titan Industries and of Voltas.

Noel Tata completed his management education from INSEAD Business School, France.

In 2010, it was announced that he will take charge of the overseas business of the over $70 billion conglomerate as managing director of Tata International, raising speculations that he is being groomed to succeed Ratan Tata as the head of Tata Group. However, in 2011, his brother-in-law Cyrus Mistry was announced as the successor to Ratan Tata.