Tata family

Prominent members

• Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata, known as one of the fathers of Indian industry
• * Dorabji Tata, elder son of Jamshedji, Indian industrialist, philanthropist and 2nd Chairman of Tata Group. His wife, Meherbai Tata, was the paternal aunt of nuclear scientist Homi J. Bhabha
• * Ratanji Tata, younger son of Jamshedji, philanthropist and pioneer of poverty studies. After Ratanji Tata died, his wife, Navajbai Tata, adopted an orphan, Naval, who was the grand-nephew of her mother-in-law, and raised him as her own son.
• ** Naval Tata, adopted son of Navajbai Tata. His biological maternal grandmother had been the sister of Hirabai Tata, wife of group founder Jamshedji Tata. Also, his biological father, Hormusji Tata, had belonged to the broader Tata family, and Naval therefore carried the surname "Tata" by birthright. Director in several Tata companies, ILO member, recipient of Padma Bhushan. He married twice and had three sons.
• ** Simone Naval Tata, second wife of Naval Tata, a Swiss woman and a Catholic. She ran Lakme and served as chairperson of Trent
• *** Ratan Tata, 5th Chairman of the Tata Group, son of Naval Tata by his first wife Sooni Commissariat
• *** Jimmy Tata, son of Naval Tata by his first wife Sooni Commissariat.
• *** Noel Tata, chairperson of Trent, son of Naval Tata by his second wife Simone
• Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, one of the early stalwarts to serve the Tata Group. His father Dadabhoy and Jeevanbai - mother of Jamshedji Tata, were siblings. Ratanji was also a paternal cousin of Jamshedji and belonged to the broader Tata family. He married Suzanne Brière, a French Catholic, and had five children, including:
• * J. R. D. Tata, son of Ratanji Tata by his wife Suzanne. As 4th Chairman of Tata Group, he pioneered Indian aviation and founded Tata Airlines
• * Sylla Tata, daughter of Ratanji Dadabhoy and elder sister of J. R. D. She was married to Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 3rd baronet Petit. Her sister-in-law, Rattanbai Petit, was married to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, and Rattanbai and Jinnah's daughter, Dina Jinnah, was the wife of Neville Wadia.