Simone Tata

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Simone Tata, neé Dunoyer, currently the Chairperson of the Trent Limited, is an Indian businesswoman. French by birth and educated in Switzerland, she came to India in 1955, and joined Lakmé as a director in 1961, rising to become its Chairperson in 1982. She was appointed a director in Tata Industries in 1989.

As the Chairperson of Lakmé, she was referred in the Indian media as the Cosmetic Czarina of India.

Eyeing growth in the retails sector, in 1996 Tata sold of Lakmé to HLL, and created Trent from the money it made through the sale. All shareholders of Lakmé were given, equivalent share in Trent.

Simone Tata was the wife of late Naval H. Tata and is step-mother to current Tata group chairman Sri Ratan Naval Tata.

[edit] Reference/s

• The Voyage To Excellence (ISBN 81-223-0904-6) by Nichinta Amarnath and Debashish Ghosh

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• Simone Tata in Tata Group’s Media Room