Late Indian tycoon Ratan Tata’s half-­brother was appointed to succeed him as chairman of a collective of philanthropic institutions that wield indirect control over the US$165bil (RM706bil) Tata Group.

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died, the Tata Group said in a statement late on Wednesday. He was 86.

Ratan Tata has died at a Mumbai hospital at age 86. Tata is the former chairman of India’s oldest conglomerate Tata Sons.

Ford Motor Company chairman Bill Ford expressed his sadness over the passing of Ratan Tata, highlighting his visionary leadership. Tata, who elevated the Tata conglomerate, passed away at 86. In 2008,

Ahead of a state funeral, hundreds of people including corporate leaders, politicians and celebrities gathered in India's financial hub Mumbai to pay their last respects.

Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman, has died at the age of 86, according to a statement from the Indian conglomerate.

It's hard to imagine many Indian households that aren't somehow touched by the $100 billion conglomerate named for the family of Ratan Tata, who died this week at the age of 86. Tata has been a mythical name in Indian consumers' imaginations for generations.

The final rites of renowned industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata were performed with full state honours at a central Mumbai crematorium on October 10, Thursday. Ratan Tata (86), died after a brief illness at the Breach Candy Hospital late on Wednesday night.