"We Talked About...": Sundar Pichai Recalls Last Meeting With Ratan Tata
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Ratan Tata, born on December 28, 1937, is the Chairman of Ratan Tata Trust, two of the largest private-sector-promoted philanthropic trusts in India.
As tributes poured in to honour legendary industrialist Ratan Tata, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai took to social media to remember his "business and philanthropic legacy". My last meeting with Ratan Tata at Google, we talked about the progress of Waymo and his vision was inspiring to hear. He leaves an extraordinary business and philanthropic legacy and was instrumental in mentoring and developing the modern business leadership in India. He deeply…
Recalling his interaction with Mr Tata, Mr Pichai said the Tata Group Chairman Emeritus "deeply cared about making India better". He said they talked about Google's autonomous driving technology Waymo and his vision was "inspiring to hear". He added that the 86-year-old was " instrumental in mentoring and developing the modern business leadership in India".
Among other business leaders who remembered him were Chairman of the Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra and RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka.