Though he's doesn't bear the Tata surname, he's linked to the family through his sister's marriage to Ratan Tata's half-brother Noel Tata, who was considered another contender for the chairman's post.
Born into a middle class Jewish family, she lost her father, brother and sister during the German occupation, survived four concentration camps and the Death March and went on to bear witness to the creation of Israel in 1948.