Simone Tata

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Simone Tata
Born1930 (age 93–94)
Geneva, Switzerland
CitizenshipIndia
Spouse
(m. 1955; died 1989)
Children
Tata Family

Simone Naval Tata (née Dunoyer) is a Swiss-born Indian businesswoman belonging to the Tata family.[1]

Simone Tata was born in 1930,

Naval H. Tata. They were married in 1955, and Simone settled permanently in Mumbai.[3] Simone and Naval are the parents of Noel Tata. Simone is the stepmother of the Tata group chairman, Ratan Tata
, who is from Naval's previous marriage.

Simone Tata joined the Lakme Board in 1962, when it was a minor subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills, as managing director in 1961, rising to become its chairperson in 1982, and served as Non-Executive Chairman of Trent Ltd. until 30 October 2006.[4]

She was appointed to the board of Tata Industries in 1989.[5]

Seeing growth in the retail sector, in 1996, Tata sold Lakmé to

Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL), and created Trent with money from the sale.[6] All shareholders of Lakmé were given equivalent shares in Trent. The Westside brand and stores belong to Trent.[7]

References

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  4. ^ Kumar, Pramod (26 August 2007). "Simone Tata". The Sunday Indian. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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  6. ^ K, Rukshana (27 July 2020). "Lakmé, One of India's leading Cosmetics Brands". Doer Life. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  7. ^ Desk, India TV News; News, India TV (20 October 2012). "India's 15 most successful female entrepreneurs | India TV News". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)