just days after India lost ranata one of the country’s most influential Business Leaders a successor has been announced no Tata his half brother who helps Trent limited will now hold massive sway over a $65 billion business Empire but replacing the patriarch won’t be easy ran Tata took the Tata group to the heart of Silicon Valley bought one of Britain’s most iconic car brands and brought India’s first International Airline back into the Tata fold Tata propelled the now 156 year old conglomerate to unprecedented Global Heights at a time when Amani and adani were still cementing their strongholds in the domestic Market tata’s first big acquisition came in 2000 when he bought British Tea Company tle for $450 million he would return to the UK 7 years later to buy out cor steel for nearly $13 billion in 2008 Jaguar Land Rover was taken over by tataa Motors last year the luxury car maker recorded its highest profit since 2015 across the pond Tata consultancy Services came to be known as a software bmth the Bold bets didn’t always pay off and Tata suffered several setbacks at home and abroad but his Global Ambitions inspired a generation of entrepreneurs to look Beyond India and do business on the global stage