Top 10 Richest Person in Tamil Nadu
Shiv Nadar (HCL Technologies)
Shiv Nadar is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of HCL Technologies, and is chairman of the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in 1976 and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades.
Murugappa Family (Murugappa Group)
The Murugappa family is a prominent Indian business dynasty, originating from the Tamil Nagarathar community, which controls the Chennai-based, $10 billion+ (approx. ₹85,000 crore) Murugappa Group conglomerate. Founded in 1900, the family manages a diverse portfolio, including, but not limited to, engineering, abrasives, financial services, and sugar.
Sridhar Vembu & Family (Zoho Corporation)
Sridhar Vembu (born 1968) is the billionaire founder of Zoho Corporation and a recipient of the Padma Shri (2021). Raised in a modest Tamil Brahmin family in Thanjavur, he is one of eight siblings. He married Pramila Srinivasan in 1993, but the couple is currently involved in a divorce proceeding initiated in 2021-2023. They have a son with autism.
Venu Srinivasan (TVS Motor Company)
Venu Srinivasan is an Indian industrialist, he is the chairman emeritus of two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company and auto components manufacturer TVS Holdings. In addition, he serves on the board of Tata Sons and as one of the vice-chairmen of Tata Trusts.
Amalgamations Family (TAFE & Simpson Group)
The Amalgamations Group is a major South Indian industrial conglomerate founded in 1938 by S. Anantharamakrishnan, known for manufacturing, plantation, and trading, with TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited) and Simpson & Co. as flagship firms. The family-owned, 47-company group is currently chaired by A. Krishnamoorthy, with Mallika Srinivasan (chair of TAFE) and Lakshmi Venu as key leaders.
Kalanithi Maran (Sun Group)
Kalanithi Maran (born 24 July 1964) is an Indian billionaire media proprietor. He is the founder and chairman of Sun Group, one of India’s largest media conglomerates. He owns multiple television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM radio stations, DTH services, a movie production house (Sun Pictures), and three cricket team franchises: Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 League in South Africa and Sunrisers Leeds in The Hundred in England.
Dr. Prathap C. Reddy & Family (Apollo Hospitals)
Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospitals, has a prominent family deeply involved in the business, with his four daughters—Preetha, Suneeta, Sangita, and Shobana—serving as key executives, while his granddaughter Upasana Kamineni (daughter of Shobana) is married to actor Ram Charan, making the family a significant force in Indian healthcare and cinema.
Radha Vembu (Zoho Corporation)
Radha Vembu is an Indian billionaire businesswoman and the owner of a majority stake in Zoho Corporation, an Indian software development company co-founded by her brother, Sridhar Vembu.
K.P. Ramasamy (KPR Mill)
K.P. Ramasamy, known as ‘KPR’, hailed from an agriculture family, made a humble beginning as a Power loom cloth Manufacturer in 1971. With the able and emphatic support of his younger Brothers, the Textile Empire ‘KPR Group’ was built on fabulous values.
R.G. Chandramogan (Hatsun Agro)
R. G. Chandramogan is an Indian dairyman and entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu. He is the chairman of Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, the largest private-sector dairy company in India. The company’s well-known brands Arun, Arokya and Hatsun are leaders in the segments of ice creams, milk and curd amongst private dairies in India.
