Ratan Tata

“What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behi...”

“Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thi...”

“Perhaps the loneliest time was during the Tata Tea issue in Assam. For some reason, everyone believed that we had conspired with the extremists, ULFA. People still believe what they read is...”

“I am in favour of disinvestment. But if a disinvested company has to tie up with a government company for its livelihood, there is a problem.”

“I have two or three cars that I like, but today, Ferrari would be the best car I have driven in terms of being an impressive car.”

“If a founder has passion and innovation, he needs to be supported. I am more intuitive than a numbers person, and I recognise that not all investments are going to be positive. Some may fail...”

“A founder who is in for the short run, or has no passion for the sector he is in, doesn't give me a great deal of comfort.”

“The - the early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and - and remained personally very wealthy. Tatas were different in the sense the future generations were not...”

“The government should do its job. The government's job is, in fact, to run the country, to manage the country, to govern the country. And governance is an important thing, not application wh...”

“I have always been very confident and very upbeat about the future potential of India. I think it is a great country with great potential.”

“What are the crumple zones on scooters? The helmet is the only crumple zone I can think of.”

“If I were to look in the United States or in Europe, in some of the garages, you would have a Bentley or two Bentleys or a high-end Mercedes, and you may find a Smart also in that same garag...”

“Since I got involved in Telco, we first developed the first modular truck, the 407, then the 709, and now the 2213. These trucks broke away from the old face of Telco trucks. I was also just...”

“As you grow older, you become - everybody becomes - less inflexible and a little more accommodating.”

“Some entrepreneurs talk of a high burn rate, high advertising rate, and so on, with no outcome, so it doesn't impress me. But an entrepreneur who has that kind of a feeling of responsibility...”

“My most visible goal is to do something in nutrition to children in India, and pregnant mothers. Because that would change the mental and physical health of our population in years to come.”

“I would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing.”

“Flying, I continue to be involved with. I love flying, and I hope to keep doing it so long as I can pass my medicals and stay proficient.”

“India needs to come out of its socialist pattern of doing things on a rationing basis.”

“I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably suc...”