Ratan Tata, the philanthropist and former chairman of Tata Group who has died aged 86, played an instrumental role in globalising and modernising one of India’s oldest business houses.His ability to take bold,

The story of how Ratan Tata, snubbed and humiliated by the Ford Motor Company when trying to sell a car production unit in 1999, turned the tables by buying two of its biggest brands a mere nine years later.

It is arguably the UK’s best known mass production car manufacturer and it’s based right here in the Midlands. With Jaguar Land Rover on our doorstep, that means a lot of jobs and an easy foot-in-the-door to the automotive world.