Tata Sons is a promoter of the key companies of the Tata Group

Tata Group

Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Tata Group is one of the largest companies in India by market capitalization and revenue. It has interests in communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy,...

  and holds the bulk of shareholding in these companies. It was established as a trading enterprise by Group founder Jamsetji Tata

Jamsetji Tata

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian entrepreneur and industrialist, prominent for his pioneering work in Indian industry. He was born to a Parsi family in Navsari, Gujarat, India....

 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.

Board of directors

Board of directors

1. Ratan Tata
   Ratan Tata
   Ratan Naval Tata is the present chairman of Tata Sons and therefore, Tata Group. Also, he is one among the few in the world...
   
   , chairman
2. Noshir Ali Soonawala,
3. Ritesh Padey, Co-Founder
4. Ishaat Hussain, finance director
5. R Gopalakrishnan
   R Gopalakrishnan
   R Gopalakrishnan is an Executive Director with one of the largest Indian business groups - Tata Sons, a holding company to one of the largest Indian business groups The Tata Group.He was educated from the prestigious St. Xavier's College, Calcutta...
   
   , executive director
6. Arun R Gandhi, executive director
7. Alan Rosling, executive director
8. Farrokh K Kavarana
9. Syamal Gupta
10. Jamshed J. Irani
11. RK Krishna Kumar
12. Pallonji Mistry
    Pallonji Mistry
    Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry is an Irish-Parsi construction tycoon. According to Forbes, his wealth is estimated to be US$8.8 billion as of 2011. He is the richest person of Parsi descent followed by Adi Godrej at US$7.3 Billion . With his 18.5% stake in Tata Sons, he is the single largest...
    
    
13. Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
    Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
    Cyrus Pallonji Mistry is the youngest son of Irish construction magnate Pallonji Mistry. He has been appointed deputy chairman and chairman-designate of Tata Group and its holding company Tata Sons, which will make him the first non-Indian national to head the Indian conglomerate...
    
    , deputy chairman, younger son of Pallonji Mistry, the youngest director of Tata Sons till date

Shareholding Pattern

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 Ratan Tata Ratan Naval Tata is the present chairman of Tata Sons and therefore, Tata Group. Also, he is one among the few in the world...	3368
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust	113067
Sir Ratan Tata Trust Sir Ratan Tata Trust Sir Ratan Tata Trust came into being in 1919 with a sum capital of Rs 8 million. Established in accordance with the will of Sir Ratan Tata, the Trust is now one of the oldest grant bestowing foundations in India...	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 Tata Power Tata Power is India’s oldest and largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of over 2977 MW.On the 22 March 2011 it has announced partnership with Sunengy an Australian firm, to build India's first floating solar plant....	5673
Tata Tea Tata Tea Tata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea. Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the major brands Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA...	1755
Indian Hotels	4500
Tata Industries	2295
Tata Chemicals Tata Chemicals Tata Chemicals Ltd is a Tata Group Company based in Mumbai. The company is one of the largest chemical companies in India with significant operations in India and Africa.-Plant locations:*Mithapur *Babrala *Nanded...	10237
Kalimati Investment Co.	12375
Tata International Ltd	155
Tata Motors Tata Motors Tata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. Part of the Tata Group, it was formerly known as TELCO...	12375
Piloo Tata	487
Jimmy Tata	157
Manan Bhatt (MRCJ Group)	1000
Simone Tata Simone Tata Simone Tata, née Dunoyer, currently the Chairperson of the Trent Limited, is an Indian businesswoman. French by birth and educated in Switzerland, she came to India in 1955, and joined Lakmé as Managing Director in 1961, rising to become its Chairperson in 1982. The small subsidiary of Tata Oil...	2011
Noel Tata Noel Tata Noel Tata an Indian businessman, who is the Chairman of Trent Ltd.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...	2055
H.H. Maharawal Virendra Sinh Chauhan Raja of Chhota Udepur Chhota Udaipur Chhota Udaipur is a city and a municipality in Vadodara district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is the headquarters of Chhota Udaipur taluka.-History:...	10
MK Tata Trust	2421

External links

• Tata Sons' official profile