Cyrus Mistry removed as Tata Sons Chairman: Career at a glance

The massiverejig in Tata's board has left everyone wondering where the confluence of thehistoric company and a talented chairman went wrong. Cyrus had taken the reinsfrom Ratan Tata himself four years back in December 2012. Ratan Tata will resumehis position as an interim chairman for the next four months until the boardsettles with a new chairman.

CyrusMistry took the position of Chairman with a strong determination to make harshdecisions for the greater good of the company. The reason behind Mistry's sacking is far from clear.

Here's abrief timeline on Cyrus Mistry's life:

• Born onJuly 4, 1968, Cyrus Pallonji Mistry is the youngest son of Indian constructionmagnate Pallonji Mistry.

• Born inIreland, Mistry is an Irish citizen, and a permanent resident of India. Heconsiders himself as a global citizen.

• Hegraduated from Imperial College, London with a B.Sc. degree in civilengineering

• Later hereceived his Master of Science degree in management from the London BusinessSchool

• Mistry'sgrandfather had bought shares in Tata Sons in the 1930s. The shares amount tomore than 18 per cent of the total share holdings which also makes CyrusMistry's father, the single largest shareholder in the company

• Beforejoining Tata Sons, was acting as the managing director of ShapoorjiPallonji & Company

• One yearafter his father retired, Mistry joined Tata Sons as a board member in 2006.

• In 2012,Mistry was appointed as the chairman of Tata Sons which also includes thechairmanship of Tata Industries, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata ConsultancyServices, Tata Power , Tata Teleservices, Indian Hotels, Tata Global Beveragesand Tata Chemicals.

• CyrusMistry was removed as the Chairman of Tata Sons at the age of 47 on 24October, 2016.

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