Noel Naval Tata (born 1957) is an Indian-born Irish businessman of Parsi and Swiss descent. He is the chairman of the Tata Trusts , Trent and Tata Investment Corporation , the managing director of Tata International , and the vice chairman of Titan Company and Tata Steel . [ 1 ] On 11 October 2024, following the death of his half-brother Ratan Tata , Noel Tata was appointed chairman of the Tata Trusts that holds a 66% stake in Tata Sons , the parent company of the Tata Group that holds the bulk of shares of the Group. [ 2 ] Part of the Tata family , he is the son of Naval Tata and Simone Tata . [ 3 ] He was born in Mumbai, India, in 1957. [ 4 ] He is the half-brother of Ratan Tata, the ex-chairman of the Tata Group, and Jimmy Tata. [ 3 ] Tata earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Sussex , and attended the International Executive Programme at INSEAD business school in France. [ 3 ] He began his career at Tata International , the Tata Group's arm for 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, turning it into a profitable venture. In 2003, he was appointed the director of Titan Industries and of Voltas . In 2010, it was announced that Tata was to become managing director of Tata International, the company dealing with the overseas business of the $70 billion conglomerate, raising speculation that he was being groomed to succeed Ratan Tata as head of the Tata Group. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] However, in 2011, his brother-in-law Cyrus Mistry was announced as Ratan Tata's successor . [ 7 ] In October 2016, Mistry was removed as the chairman of Tata Sons and Ratan Tata took over as the chairman of the group for four months until February 2017. [ 8 ] Noel Tata was made vice chairman of Titan Company in 2018, and in February 2019 was inducted onto the board of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust . [ 9 ] On 29 March 2022, he was appointed vice chairman of Tata Steel . [ 1 ] Personal life and family He is married to Aloo Mistry, the daughter of Pallonji Mistry , who was the single largest shareholder in Tata Sons (the Tata Group's holding company). [ 10 ] They have three children, Leah, Maya and Neville. [ 11 ] Their elder daughter, Leah, earned a Master's degree in Marketing from IE Business School in Madrid and is a vice-president at the Indian Hotels Company Limited , a Tata hospitality arm. [ 12 ] Their second daughter, Maya, started her education at Bayes Business School in London and Warwick University , worked as an analyst at Tata Capital , and is a board member of the Tata Medical Center Trust. [ 12 ] Their son, Neville, also an alumnus of Bayes Business School and an MBA graduate from INSEAD , began his career with Trent Limited , the main retail arm of Tata, and later led Zudio operations, before heading the Star Bazaar. [ 12 ] Noel is an Irish citizen. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] 1 2 Dutt, Ishita Ayan (29 March 2022). "Tata Steel board approves appointment of Noel Naval Tata as vice-chairman" . Business Standard . ↑ "Ratan Tatas Successor: Noel Tata Appointed Chairman of Tata Trusts" . Times of India . 11 October 2024 . Retrieved 11 October 2024 . 1 2 3 Carvalho, Brian; Layak, Suman (1 November 2009). "The Other Tata" . Business Today . Retrieved 1 February 2019 . ↑ "Noel Tata, Ratan Tata's half-brother and new chairman of Tata Trust is not an Indian citizen; Know about his career, education, and more" . The Financial Express . 15 October 2024 . Retrieved 12 August 2025 . ↑ "Noel Tata to be Tata International MD" . Rediff.com . PTI. 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. ↑ ET Bureau (30 July 2010). "Is Noel Tata being groomed to succeed Ratan Tata?" . The Times of India . Retrieved 30 May 2018 . ↑ "Cyrus P. Mistry is Ratan Tata's heir apparent" . The Hindu . 24 November 2011 . Retrieved 24 November 2011 . ↑ "Big shakeup! Cyrus Mistry removed as Tata Sons chairman, Ratan Tata steps in" . Benette, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Economic Times. 24 October 2016 . Retrieved 24 October 2016 . ↑ Vijayaraghavan, Kala; John, Satish (14 February 2019). "Venkataramanan quits Tata Trusts; Noel joins Ratan Tata Trust" . The Economic Times . Retrieved 19 June 2020 . ↑ Vijayraghavan, Kala; Mandavia, Megha (26 August 2018). "How next gen scions Leah, Maya and Neville are working their way up in Tata Group companies" . The Economic Times . Retrieved 26 August 2018 . ↑ "Ratan Tata family tree: Look at its members from Jamsetji to Noel Tata" . India Today . 10 October 2024 . Retrieved 10 October 2024 . 1 2 3 Web Desk 2024 . sfn error: no target: CITEREFWeb_Desk2024 ( help ) ↑ "Noel Tata joins two Tata trusts as trustee, signalling succession planning" . Moneycontrol . Retrieved 21 June 2024 . ↑ John, Satish; Vijayraghavan, Kala (10 January 2020). "Cyrus Mistry's Irish citizenship was a sore point for the Tatas" . The Economic Times . 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