An
Indian
Billionaire
businessman
has
left
a
large
chunk
of
his
£91million
fortune
to
his
dog
in
his
will.
The
Jaguar,
Land
Rover,
and
Tetley
tycoon,
Ratan
Tata
died
earlier
this
month
aged
86,
but
now
his
German
shepherd,
Tito,
has
been
awarded
“unlimited
care”
as
part
of
his
will.
As
is
customary
in
India,
the
businessman,
who
never
married
or
had
children,
would
have
left
his
estate,
valued
at
around
£91million,
to
his
siblings.
But
he
overlooked
his
brother,
Jimmy
Tata,
and
half-sisters
Shireen
and
Deanna
Jejeebhoy
in
favour
of
his
beloved
German
shepherd,
Tito.
According
to
the
Times,
Mr
Tata
stated
that
his
pooch,
his
butler
and
general
assistant,
Konar
Subbiah,
and
his
cook,
Rajan
Shaw,
should
each
receive
a
large
portion
of
his
fortune.
His
siblings
will
only
inherit
part
of
his
estate.
In
his
will,
Mr
Tata,
who
is
credited
with
transforming
the
Tata
Group
into
a
globally
renowned
conglomerate
specified
that
provisions
should
be
put
in
place
to
provide
‘unlimited
care’
for
his
beloved
pet,
who
was
by
his
side
until
he
died.
According
to
Suhel
Seth,
a
close
friend
of
Tata,
the
amount
which
has
been
left
to
Tata’s
former
butler
and
cook,
both
in
their
50s
and
now
taking
care
of
Tito,
is
generous.
‘He
has
made
very,
very
generous
provisions
for
them’,
he
told
the
Times.
‘They
will
never
have
to
work
again
and
they
will
be
very
well
looked
after’.
He
added
that
the
instructions
were
of
no
surprise
to
those
who
knew
Mr
Tata
well,
saying:
‘This
will
is
not
a
statement
of
wealth’
but
a
‘gesture
of
gratitude
for
the
joy
and
care’
he
was
given
by
his
pets
and
two
closest
aides.
During
his
tenure
as
chairman
of
the
Tata
Group,
the
conglomerate
made
several
high-profile
acquisitions.
The
group
purchased
British
tea
firm
Tetley
in
2000
for
$432
million
and
Anglo-Dutch
steelmaker
Corus
in
2007
for
$13
billion
–
at
the
time
the
biggest
takeover
of
a
foreign
firm
by
an
Indian
company.
Tata
Motors
then
acquired
British
luxury
auto
brands
Jaguar
and
Land
Rover
from
Ford
Motor
Co
in
2008
for
$2.3
billion.
His
pet
projects
at
Tata
Motors
included
the
Indica
–
the
first
car
model
designed
and
built
in
India
–
as
well
as
the
Nano,
touted
as
the
world’s
cheapest
car.