She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a double major in neuroscience and media studies, and a double minor in civil engineering and management science from MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Born in Athens, Economou first came to America to attend MIT, where he received two masters of science, one in naval architecture and marine engineering, another in shipping and shipbuilding management.

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Mr. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture with Structural Engineering from Cornell University in 1962 and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.

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