Shriram Group

Shriram Group
Company typeConglomerate
IndustryFinancial services, insurance, real estate
Founded5 April 1974; 50 years ago (1974-04-05)
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu,
India
Area served
India
Key people
R. Thyagarajan
(Chairman)[1]
Total assetsIncrease 2.9 lakh crore (US$35 billion) (June 2024)[2]
Number of employees
115,400+ (June 2024)[2]
Subsidiaries
  • Shriram Finance
  • Shriram Housing Finance
  • Shriram Life Insurance
  • Shriram General Insurance
  • Shriram Insight
  • Shriram Fortune
  • Shriram AMC
  • Shriram Wealth
  • Shriram Properties
Websitewww.shriramcapital.com

Shriram Group is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Chennai. It was founded on 5 April 1974 by R. Thyagarajan,[3] AVS Raja and T. Jayaraman.[4][5][6] The group had its beginning in chit funds business and later on entered the lending and insurance businesses.

  1. ^ Narasimhan, T. E. (31 January 2012). "Why private equity loves the Shriram Group". Business Standard India. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Shriram Capital Limited". Shriram Capital. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. ^ "R Thyagarajan, Shriram Ventures Ltd: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "About the Group".
  5. ^ Raghuvir Badrinath & T E Narasimhan (24 May 2012). "Shriram Group's Rs 400-cr PE plan to bind its cement foray". Business Standard. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  6. ^ Sanjay Vijayakumar & V Balasubramanian (27 May 2012). "Shriram Group founder R Thyagarajan bets on math and mathematicians for business success, not that much on B-school grads". Economic Times. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.