Ratan Tata Friend, Ratan Tata Millennial friend, Ratan Tata Shantanu Naidu: India's top business tycoon and philanthoropist Ratan Tata on late Wednesday night passe away at the age of 86. Ratat Tata breathed his last at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital due to age related complications. He was such an industrialist who probably had no enemies. Despite being old, Ratan Tata tried his best to keep connected with the youths and even inspire them. One of the major example of for this is Rata Tata's assistant Shantanu Naidu. Notably, Ratan Tata and Shantanu Naidu shared a very special bond. In fact, Shantanu Naidu was in front riding a bike when Ratan Tata's last journey was taking place. Now, the question arises who is Ratan Tata's millennial friend Shantanu Naidu? Below is all about Shantanu Naidu-
Who is Shantanu Naidu?
Shantanu Naidu has been Ratan Tata's assistant. Ratan Tata used to spend a lot of time with 31-year-old Shantanu Naidu. However, Ratan Tata has no family connection with him.
How Shantanu Naidu and Ratan Tata became friends?
Shantanu Naidu used to work as the Deputy General Manager of Tata Trust. Ratan Tata was also impressed by his talent. That's why Ratan Tata himself called and asked him to be his assistant. After this, he became the GM in Ratan Tata's office in the year 2022. Shantanu Naidu is a resident of Mumbai. Shantanu Naidu was born in Pune, Maharashtra in 1993. Shantanu used to give business tips to Ratan Tata for investing in startups.
Shantanu Naidu is very famous across the country as a businessman, engineer, junior assistant, DGM, social media influencer, author and entrepreneur. Shantanu Naidu has achieved a position in the business industry which is always a dream for many people. That is why he became Ratan Tata's partner in his last days.
Going by Shantanu Naidu's Linkedin profile, he has been working in Tata Trust since June 2017. Apart from this, Naidu has also worked as a design engineer in Tata Elxsi. He is also very active on social media. Once he wrote on Facebook about a dog collar made with reflectors for stray dogs. Because of this reflector, drivers can see them on the streets of Mumbai. After reading this post, Ratan Tata called him for a meeting. He just liked him. After this, he started working with Ratan Tata from May 2022.
Shantanu Naidu's unexpected friendship with Ratan Tata blossomed due to their shared love for animals. The two met in the year 2014, when Naidu created reflective collars to protect stray dogs from being hit by cars at night. Impressed by his initiative, Ratan Tata invited Naidu to work for him.
Shantanu Naidu's networth
Shantanu has studied at Cornell University in America. He has done his MBA from there. He is not the only one to work in the Tata Group. Actually, Shantanu Naidu is the fifth generation to work in the Tata Group. After completing his studies from America, he chose to work in the Tata Group. Apart from the job, he is also the owner of Goodfellows. It provides comprehensive support to senior citizens. It is said that the value of this company is around five crore rupees.