TVS Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate with its principal headquarters in Madurai and international headquarters in Chennai. It has more than 50 subsidiaries including the two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company and TVS Supply Chain Solutions.

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TVS Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1911; 113 years ago (1911) at Madurai
FounderT. V. Sundram Iyengar
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Krishna Mahesh
  • Tirumala Kumara Balaji
  • Krishna Mahesh
  • Srinath Ratnam Rajam
  • Srivats Ram
  • Santhanam Viji
  • Santhanam Ram
  • Suresh Krishna
  • Venu Srinivasan
  • Gopal Srinivasan
  • Ramachandran Haresh
  • Ramachandran Dinesh
Products
RevenueIncrease US$8.5 billion (2019)
Number of employees
60,000
ParentT. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons Private Limited
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.tvs.in
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Subsidiaries

The group's subsidiaries are owned by three holding companies, viz., TVS & Sons, Sundaram Industries and TVS Holding Companies. TVS & Sons is the parent company of the group.[1] The three holding companies of the subsidiaries are:

  • T. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons Private Ltd. (TVS & Sons)
  • Sundaram Industries Private Ltd.
  • Southern Roadways Private Ltd. (TVS Holding Companies)

TVS Group's ten listed subsidiaries are:[2]

TVS Group's unlisted subsidiaries include:[3]

  • TVS Emerald
  • Brakes India
  • Turbo Energy
  • TVS Investments
  • Axles India
  • Sundaram Textiles
  • TVS Tread
  • Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems
  • Sundaram Dynacast
  • TVS Automobile Solutions
  • TVS Industrial & Logistics Parks
  • Lucas-TVS
  • Delphi-TVS
  • TVS Next
  • TVS Credit

Family

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T. V. S. family
Current regionChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Place of originMadurai, Tamil Nadu, India
MembersT. V. Sundram Iyengar
T. S. Soundaram
Sheela Balaji
Venu Srinivasan
Lakshmi Venu
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The T. V. S. family is an Indian business family, based in Chennai, India. The TVS Group has its principal headquarters in Madurai and international headquarters in Chennai. It has more than 50 subsidiaries across sectors. T. V. Sundram Iyengar founded the group in 1911 with the establishment of T. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons in Madurai.

The family is from the Iyengar community – Tamil Brahmins who are adherents of Sri Vaishnavism – hailing from Tirunelveli district. The founder T. V. Sundram Iyengar was born in 1877 in Thirukkurungudi. Sundram Iyengar qualified as a lawyer, and later worked in the Indian Railways and later in a bank. He later moved to Madurai and founded the TVS group.[4][5]

Family tree

Sundram Iyengar and Lakshmi Ammal had eight children – five sons and three daughters. The five sons all joined the family business. The eldest son – T. S. Doraisamy died in 1943 and the other four sons – T. S. Rajam, T. S. Santhanam, T. S. Srinivasan and T. S. Krishna continued to run different businesses.[6] Of the daughters, Dr. T. S. Soundram was a physician, social reformer and politician.[7]

T. V. Sundram Iyengar
T. S. DoraiswamiT. S. RajamT. S. KrishnaT. S. SanthanamT. S. SrinivasanT. S. Soundaram
R. RamachandranR. RatnamSuresh KrishnaK. RameshK. MaheshS. RamPrema RamanujamS. VijiVenu SrinivasanSheela BalajiGopal Srinivasan


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