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Noel Tata Born 1957 Occupation Former Chairman of Trent Ltd
To be Managing Director of Tata InternationalNoel 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 (the Tata Group's holding company). He is also the half-brother of Tata Group's chairperson, Ratan Tata.
Noel Tata began his career at Tata International, the Tata Group's arm for the products and services offered abroad. In June 1999, he became the managing director of the Group's retail arm Trent, which was founded by his mother. By this time, Trent had acquired the department store Littlewoods International, and changed its name to Westside. Tata developed Westside, and turned it into a profitable venture. In 2003, Noel Tata was appointed as the director of Titan Industries and of Voltas.
In 2010, it was announced that he will take charge of the overseas business of the over $70 billion conglomerate as managing director of Tata International, raising speculations that he is being groomed to succeed Ratan Tata as the head of Tata Group.[1][2]
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