Founded by Jamsetji Tata in 1868, the Tata group is a global enterprise, headquartered in India, comprising 30 companies across ten verticals.

The group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with a mission ‘To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long-term stakeholder value creation based on Leadership with Trust’.

Tata Sons is the principal investment holding company and promoter of Tata companies. Sixty-six percent of the equity share capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts, which support education, health, livelihood generation and art and culture.

In 2019-20, the revenue of Tata companies, taken together, was $106 billion (INR 7.5 trillion). These companies collectively employ over 750,000 people.

Each Tata company or enterprise operates independently under the guidance and supervision of its own board of directors. There are 29 publicly-listed Tata enterprises with a combined market capitalisation of $123 billion (INR 9.3 trillion) as on March 31, 2020.

Business Highlights FY 2017-2018

• TCS won several billion-dollar-plus deals during the year and has a strong order book as customers look to transform their businesses using digital technology
• The digital thought leadership framework called Business 4.0 has emerged as a key differentiator against competition
• TCS continues to be amongst the top three most valuable IT sector brands in the world
• TCS became the first Indian IT company to cross the $100-billion market capitalistion landmark