N Chandrasekaran, one of the youngest CEOs in the legacy of Tata Group, is known for his unmatched skills in problem-solving and team building. He is also a non-Tata after Cyrus Mistry and Nowroji Saklatwala to be appointed at the helm of the $103 billion group. His association with Tatas can be traced back to 1987 when he joined its subsidiary Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) as a software engineer. However, his talent was first discovered by S Ramadorai, the then TCS CEO, who assigned him the responsibility of supervising the IT implementation for one of their major clients GE. Subsequently, with his powerhouse performance, Chandrasekaran outperformed all expectations and went on to head TCS, eventually becoming the Tata CEO – heading the overall group. To access more information on the CEO such as age, net worth, and email address, scroll through this wiki page.

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N Chandrasekaran was appointed as the Executive Chairman of Tata Sons Limited on February 21, 2017. As the Chairman, his main responsibility is to take Tata Group back to its glorious growth days. In this direction, he has already made some key decisions including exiting the unprofitable telecom business and joining hands with ThyssenKrupp of Germany for Tata Steel.

Salary & Net Worth – Investors, Funding, & Valuation

N Chandrasekaran’s salary, when he was TCS CEO, was over Rs 30 crores. It included a basic pay of Rs 2.44 crore, commission Rs 25 crore and allowances worth Rs 2.7 crore. However, when he assumed chairmanship of Tata Group, he took a pay cut whereby his annual salary and bonus stood at Rs 14.4 crore. The package consisted of a base pay of Rs 4.8 crore and performance bonus of Rs 9.6 crore. His net worth is not currently known.

Career & Education – Company, University, & College

Presently, the chairman of Tata Sons and a non-official director of RBI, Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed the CEO and MD of Tata TCS in 2009. Prior to this, he was the chief operating officer (COO) at the same company. In 2008, he was TCS e-Serve Ltd’s non-executive chairman and director. TCS e-Serve Ltd was previously known as Citigroup Global Services Ltd. In 2007 of September, he took charge as the executive director of TCS. In 2002, he headed the global sales team at the same company.

N. Chandrasekaran did BSc. in Applied Science from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology. In 1986, He completed Master’s in Computer Applications from the Regional Engineering College in Trichy.

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Natarajan Chandrasekaran is not active on social media platforms. His email is [email protected].

Wiki Trivia on N Chandrasekaran – Age, Wife, Family, & More

Chandrasekaran (age – 58), who is fondly called Chandra by his friends and close colleagues, was born in 1963 into a Tamil family in Mohanur near Namakkal (about 415km from Chennai), Tamil Nadu. He has two elder brothers and 3 elder sisters. In the era of 1970s, he along with his two brothers would cover a distance of 3 kms on foot to reach their Tamil-medium government school. However, for senior secondary education, he moved to an English-medium school.

Chandrasekaran was not academically bright, but his dedication made him a good performer in studies. Chandrasekaran’s father Srinivasan Natarajan, who was in the profession of law, would work on his farm too. Because their family belonged to an agricultural background, his father wanted one of his kids to manage the farm. To fulfill his father’s wish, N. Chandrasekaran joined him in after completing bachelor’s degree in applied sciences. But after five months, he gave up farming to do master’s degree.

A music buff and an ardent photographer, the Tata Group CEO and Chairman Chandrasekaran also loves long-distance running as part of his daily fitness routine. He raced in many marathons in Mumbai, Tokyo, New York, Boston, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Chicago. His fastest running record till date is 5 hr 00 min 52 sec at 2014 TCS New York City Marathon.

Another powerful trait of Chandrasekaran is his strong memory, a fact that is vouched by a number of TCS executives. According to them, the former TCS boss remembered minimum 5000 employees by their name.

At present, N Chandrasekaran lives in Mumbai with wife Lalitha. They have a son named Pranav.

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