Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Chandra) is the Chairman of Tata Sons Private Limited (Tata Sons), the holding company and promoter of all Tata group companies. Chandra joined the Board of Tata Sons in October 2016 and was appointed as Chairman in January 2017. Learn about the life and career of Natarajan Chandrasekaran , the current chairman of Tata Sons and one of the youngest Tata Group CEOs. Find out his age, wife, education, hobbies, achievements and more. Natarajan Chandrasekaran (born June 2, 1963, Mohanur, Tamil Nadu state, India) is an Indian businessman and chairman (2017– ) of Tata Sons, the holding company that owns the Tata Group conglomerate. Chandrasekaran was born into a farming family in 1963. N Chandrasekaran , Ratan Tata's successor But his key responsibility was to find a successor, who was widely expected to be a close family member. However, in January 2017, to the surprise of many, Ratan Tata picked Natarajan Chandrasekaran , who was the CEO and MD of TCS until then, to head Tata Sons.