It was Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy tata he was popularly known as JAD. He was born in Paris on July 29' 1904. His father Ratanji Dadabhoy tata was parsi and mother Suzanne Briere was french tata childhood was spent travelling between france and india some people said in jest that the he got his surname from an ancestor who stood on the shores of Bombay and waved ta ta to the departing ships in 1924 at the age of 20 as a french citizen he was recruited into the french army a year later he was sent to English to prepare for admission in Cambridge University but his father Ratanji asked him to return to Bombay to work in his Steel plant called the tata steel industry hos father did not consider a college degree necessary to succeed in life a year later Ratanji died his eldest son and heir Jehangir inherited the directorship of the tata sons and board.