# Professor Aswath Damodaran is interviewed about Tata Sons

1 Faculty News January 19, 2017 ![Livemint logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/livemint%20feature.jpg?itok=nIqY0pI_)>

Excerpt from [Livemint](http://www.livemint.com/Companies/ag69hpmUl4PjDbQoe3tvvK/Chandras-true-test-will-be-shutting-down-Tatas-lossmaking.html) -- "The biggest lesson is that as an investor, invest in simple companies rather than these complex holding companies. Because any time you invest in a complex holding company, this is one of the prices you pay—you have very little control over process because of the holding structure."

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