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Friday 26 April 2013

CYRUS MISTRY


Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (born 4 July 1968) is an Irish businessman and Chairman of India's leading business conglomerate, Tata Group. He succeeded the previous chairman of the group, Ratan Tata, with effect from 28 December 2012.  He is the youngest son of Indian construction magnate Pallonji Mistry. Mistry will be the sixth Chairman of the group and the second not named Tata after Sir Nowroji Saklatvala.
Mistry studied at the Cathedral & John Connon School in Mumbai.He graduated from the Imperial College, London with a BE in civil engineering and holds a Master of Science in management from the London Business School. He is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Cyrus Mistry is the youngest son of Pallonji Mistry, an Irish-Parsi construction tycoon.

Cyrus Mistry has been managing director of Shapoorji Pallonji & Company, which is part of the Rs 15,000-crore Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group). He got the chance to join Tata Sons' board a year after his father retired as director in 2005 [10] and has been serving in the capacity of a director of Tata Sons since 1 September 2006. He served as a Director of Tata Elxsi Limited, from 24 September 1990 to 26 October 2009 and was a Director of Tata Power Co. Ltd until 18 September 2006.
In 2012 Mistry was appointed as the chairman of the Board of Tata Sons. In addition to being Chairman of Tata Sons, Mr. Mistry is also chairman of all major Tata companies including Tata Industries, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Teleservices, Indian Hotels, Tata Global Beverages and Tata Chemicals.

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