Noel N Tata

Noel Tata is an influential figure in one of India's largest business conglomerates, the Tata Group. After beginning his career at Tata International, the group's arm for the products and services it offered abroad, Tata joined Trent, Tata Group's retail arm, of which he became managing director in 1999. Praised as an intelligent and candid businessperson, Tata earned his reputation largely by developing Trent's department store, Westside, from a single unprofitable shop to a chain of fourteen highly successful outlets. He was one of the favorites to assume the Tata Group's top post of group chairperson after the retirement of his half brother, Ratan Tata.