He is Jimmy Tata.
Jimmy Tata is Ratan Tata's younger brother. Both were the sons of Naval Tata. Ratan Tata was just 10 years old when his parents divorced. Subsequently, both brothers were raised by their grandmother, Navajbai Tata, in Mumbai.
Jimmy Tata holds significant stakes in Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Sons, TCS, Tata Power, Indian Hotels, and Tata Chemicals. Following the passing of his father, Naval Tata, in 1989, he was appointed as a trustee of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust.
However, his life has always remained remarkably simple.
He resides in a modest two-bedroom apartment on the sixth floor of Hampton Court in Colaba, Mumbai. He does not even own a mobile phone; instead, he keeps abreast of the news by reading books and newspapers. He never married and has no children.
He worked in the Tata textile business for a time before retiring from Tata Sons in the 1990s.
Yet, his silence did not imply insignificance.
During the Cyrus Mistry controversy, when the *Times of India* reached out to him, he handed the reporter six voluminous files and stated, "Everything you need to know about me, and my opinions, is right here."
Contained within those files were letters he had written over the years to trustees and board members, in which he had articulated his views on major decisions.
In 2022, Harsh Goenka, Chairman of RPG Enterprises, wrote that Jimmy Tata leads an extremely simple life and is a brilliant squash player, one who would defeat him every single time.
In 2023, Ratan Tata shared a vintage photograph of the two brothers from 1945. He captioned it: "Those were truly happy days. Nothing ever came between us."
On October 9, 2024, following Ratan Tata's passing, Jimmy Tata arrived in a wheelchair at the NCPA Lawns in Mumbai to pay his final respects.
Jimmy Tata was also named as a beneficiary in Ratan Tata's will.