Tata Sons
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Tata Sons is a promoter of the key companies of the Tata Group and holds the bulk of shareholding in these companies. It was established as a trading enterprise by Group founder Jamsetji Tata in 1868. The chairman of Tata Sons has traditionally been the chairman of the Tata Group.
Tata Sons is the owner of the Tata name and the Tata trademark, which are registered in India and several other countries. These are used by various Tata companies in relation to their products and services. The terms of use of the Group mark and logo by Tata companies are governed by the Brand Equity and Business Promotion Agreement, which is signed by Tata Sons and individual Group companies.
About 66 per cent 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 the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, which were created by the families of the sons of Jamshedji Tata.
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[edit] Location
The company is registered and located in Mumbai, India.
[edit] Board of directors
Board of directors
- Ratan Tata, chairman
- Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, deputy chairman, younger son of Pallonji Mistry, the youngest director of Tata Sons till date
- Farrokh K Kavarana
- R Gopalakrishnan, executive director
- Ishaat Hussain, finance director
- RK Krishna Kumar
- Arunkumar Gandhi
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Total equity shares 4,04,146 (around Rs 8,00,000 each)
| Shareholder | No of shares |
|---|---|
| Shapoorji Mistry | 108 |
| Sterling Investment Corp
(Shapoorji Pallonji group) |
40319 |
| Cyrus Investments
(Shapoorji Pallonji group) |
33925 |
| Ratan Tata | 3368 |
| Sir Dorabji Tata Trust | 113067 |
| Sir Ratan Tata Trust | 95211 |
| Tata Investment Corp | 326 |
| Sarvajanik Seva Trust | 396 |
| RD Tata Trust | 8838 |
| Tata Social Welfare Trust | 15076 |
| Tata Education Trust | 15075 |
| JRD Tata Trust | 16200 |
| Tata Power | 5673 |
| Tata Tea | 1755 |
| Indian Hotels | 4500 |
| Tata Industries | 2295 |
| Tata Chemicals | 10237 |
| Kalimati Investment Co. | 12375 |
| Tata International Ltd | 155 |
| Tata Motors | 12375 |
| Piloo Tata | 487 |
| Jimmy Tata | 157 |
| Manan Bhatt (MRCJ Group) | 1000 |
| Simone Tata | 2011 |
| Noel Tata | 2055 |
| H.H. Maharawal Virendra Sinh Chauhan
Raja of Chhota Udepur |
10 |
| MK Tata Trust | 2421 |
