Mumbai: Simone Tata, the 95-year-old mother of Noel Tata and stepmother of the late Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata, has been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital following a severe illness.
Hospital sources confirmed that she has been admitted to the ICU on the fourth floor. She was flown to Mumbai on Tuesday after receiving initial treatment at King’s Hospital in Dubai. According to people familiar with her condition, she is suffering from a buildup of fluid in her lungs but is currently stable.
Simone Tata has a distinguished legacy as a business leader, credited with building Lakmé into one of India’s most iconic beauty brands before its eventual sale to Hindustan Unilever in the 1990s.
Born Simone Naval Dunoyer in Geneva, Switzerland, she first arrived in India as a tourist in 1953. Two years later, she married Naval H. Tata and went on to play a key role in the Tata Group’s consumer business ventures, beginning her career with the group in the 1960s.
