Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, died on October 9 at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital. Questions has now begun doing the rounds about his successor, potentially Noel Tata. Noel Tata has served Tata Group for 40 years in various top roles. Recently, Tata Group appointed Noel Tata's three children to important philanthropic trust boards linked to Tata Sons.