In 1868, when Jamsetji Tata was just starting his business, he had four things in mind; an iron and steel company, a hydro-electric power plant, a world class learning institution and a unique brand of hotels. Today, we have all of these under the brand Tata.
Jamsetji Tata’s vision and efforts that were carried forward by others like JRD Tata and Ratan Tata gave shape to the multinational conglomerate that consists of nearly 100 companies branched into several business sectors: chemicals, consumer products, energy, engineering, information systems, materials, and services. Name anything – salt, tea, watches, automobiles or hotels, Tata has got them all.
Jamsetji Tata started with a banking firm. He branched out into textiles and his venture was known as Central India Spinning. Business grew and he started another project, the Indian Hotels Company that aimed at building world-class luxury hotels. Taj hotel as we know today is his dream come true.
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