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Monday 10 August 2015

Why is Ratan Tata not in the world's richest list?

TATA Group is running 96 businesses and out of which 28 Companies are
publicly  listed on the various stock exchanges. 

Tata Group is world's top 50  Group according to Market capitalization and Reputation.

Have you ever thought why Ratan Tata's name is not in the list of
billionaire's club? Why Ratan Tata is not a billionaire on the Forbes
magazine list of billionaire people of the world?

 




The  reason is that, TATA Group's 96 companies are held by its main company  "TATA Sons" and the main owner of this TATA Sons is not Ratan Tata but  various charitable organizations developed and run by TATA Group. Out of  which JRD TATA Trust & Sir Ratan Tata Trust are the main groups.

65%  ownership of TATA Sons which is the key holding company of the other 96  TATA Group Company is held by various charitable organizations. So this  65% ownership of Tata Sons Limited is not reflected on Ratan Tata's  personal Financial Statement but on the various charitable  organizations. and this is the reason why Ratan Tata is not in the list  of Billionaire club.

if we put this 65% ownership of Tata Sons in Ratan Tata’s own personal financial statement then Ratan Tata's Net worth can become more than $ 70 billion and that's much more than the Warren Buffet's Current Net Worth of $ 62  billion, the world's richest person according to Forbes magazine 2008.

However, it doesn't mean that  Ratan Tata is poor. In one of the interviews he had told the reporter  that, "I have my own Capital". He is the chairman of Tata Group, so  obviously he earns lots of money every year as a bonus, remuneration and  salary. However, Ratan Tata's Net worth is not $ 1 Billion. He is not a  billionaire on paper. but in reality he is the richest person of the  world


 If we put this 65% ownership of Tata Sons in Ratan TATA’s own personal financial statement, then Ratan Tata’s net worth can becomes more than $70 billion and that’s much more than the Warren Buffet’s net worth of $62 billion, the world’s richest person according to Forbes magazine 2008.

So  the good thing about Tata Group is that, They do Charity out of their  money and that is the reason TATA Group has generated so much of  Goodwill
over last 5 generations.