This Viral Quote on Decision-Making Wasn’t Made by Late Industrialist Ratan Tata

Tata had clarified that he did not make this statement at an event in 2015.

Fact-Check | This statement was not made by late industrialist Ratan Tata. 

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A statement purportedly made by late industrialist Ratan Naval Tata is going viral on the internet with several users hailing him for his style of decision-making.

What does the quote say?: The viral quote read, "I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right."

An archive of the post can be found here.

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This post had gained over nine thousand views at the time of writing this report. More archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.

Is this claim true?: No. Tata had denied making the viral statement during a special ceremony in HEC Paris in 2015.

How did we find that out?: We searched for the entire quote on Google and came across a Facebook post by media organisation Business Today.

• It was published on 20 September 2022 and its caption mentioned, "'I don't believe in taking right decisions, I take decisions and make them right,' is a statement that Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Trusts & Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons denied making at a special ceremony in HEC Paris in April 2015.."

• Taking this as hint, we searched on YouTube with the words "HEC Paris 2015 ratan tata" and found the full-version of Tata's interaction at the ceremony.

• It was uploaded on a channel called 'HEC Paris' on 4 June 2015 with the title that said, "Ratan N. Tata receives Honoris Causa degree at HEC Paris."

• At around the 16:00 mark of the video, a person can be seen questioning Tata about the same quote and that how he came to adapt the philosophy.

• To this, Tata had responded by saying, "I am sorry, I am going to upset you but Facebook or Twitter made that statement. That was never made by me."

Conclusion: Evidently, the viral quote has been misattributed to late industrialist Ratan Tata.

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