Tata JLR only Indian company in world's 100 most valuable brands

Tata group's Land Rover has forayed into an elite club of world's 100 most valuable brands as the only Indian-owned entity, while iconic Apple has retained its top slot with nearly $119 billion valuation. Land Rover, an iconic British car brand owned by Indian conglomerate Tatas, has been ranked 91st with a brand value of $4.47 billion and is one of the five new entrants on this annual list compiled by leading brand consultancy Interbrand.

Apple - maker of iPhone mobiles, Mac computers, iPad tablets and iPod music players among others - is followed by Google on the second position ($107 billion). These are the only two with brand values in excess of $100 billion. While Land Rover is the only Indian-owned entity on the list, there are at least six other brands ranked among top 100 that are part of the entities run by Indian-origin CEOs.

These include Satya Nadella-led Microsoft (5th with brand value of $61 billion), Indra Nooyi-led Pepsi (24th; $19 billion), Shantanu Narayen-led Adobe (77th; $5.3 billion) and Ajay Banga-led MasterCard (88th; $4.7 billion).