Shantanu Naidu, the youngest general manager at Tata Trust and Ratan Tata’s trusted assistant, mourned the loss of India’s renowned business tycoon by sharing a ‘goodbye’ post which read ‘Grief is the price to pay for love’.
Veteran industrialist and Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata died late Wednesday at the age of 86 after a brief illness. He was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Monday due to a sudden drop in blood pressure and was in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
In his LinkedIn post, Tata’s closest aide Shantanu Naidu reflected on his close friendship with the national icon.
“The hole that this friendship has now left with me, I will spend the rest of my life trying to fill. Grief is the price to pay for love. Goodbye, my dear lighthouse,” wrote the 30-year-old, sharing alongside a throwback photo which shows the two of them together.
A towering icon of industry and philanthropy, Ratan Tata’s death is a national loss – mourned by business tycoons like Anand Mahindra and Harsh Goenka.
