> Here is a Real Story of Ratan Tata: > > > So many people around the world want to know that "What is the Net > Worth of Ratan Tata"? > > TATA Group is running 96 businesses and out of which 28 Companies > are publically 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. > 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 ownership of Tatasons 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 > 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. His net worth in reality is more than Bill > Gates and Warren Buffet. > > 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.