Shriram Group

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Shriram Group
TypeConglomerate
IndustryFinance, real estate
Founded5 April 1974; 47 years ago (1974-04-05) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
HeadquartersChennai,
India
Area served
India
Key people
Ramamurthy Thyagarajan (chairman)[1]
RevenueIncrease ₹ 1.06 lakh crore (US$ 14 billion) (2020)
Number of employees
55000[2] (2020)
Subsidiaries
  • Shriram Transport Finance Company
  • Shriram City Union Finance
  • Shriram Life Insurance
  • Shriram General Insurance
  • Shriram Housing Finance
  • Shriram Capital
  • Shriram Insight
  • Shriram Fortune
  • Shriram AMC
  • Shriram Properties
Websitehttps://www.shriramcapital.com/

Shriram Group is an Indian conglomerate founded on 5 April 1974 by Ramamurthy Thyagarajan,[3] AVS Raja and T. Jayaraman. They have their headquarters in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[4][5][6] The group had its beginning in chit funds business and later on entered the lending business through Shriram Transport Finance (Commercial Vehicle Finance), Shriram City Union Finance (Consumer and MSME Finance) and Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd. (General insurance).

Companies[]

  • Shriram Transport Finance Company is the largest commercial vehicle financier in India. It disburses loans for new and used commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, tractors and construction equipment.[7]
  • Shriram City Union Finance is engaged in small and medium enterprise lending and retail financing including two-wheeler loans.[8][9]
  • Shriram Housing Finance is a subsidiary of Shriram City Union Finance and mainly provides home loan services.[10]
  • Shriram Capital is the holding company of Shriram Group, which has stakes in a number of group companies.
  • Shriram Life Insurance is the life insurance arm of the group, and a joint venture between Shriram Capital and South African company Sanlam.[11]
  • Shriram General Insurance is engaged in commercial and retail vehicle insurance, home insurance and travel insurance. It is a joint venture between Shriram Capital and Sanlam.[12]
  • Shriram Properties is a real estate developer focusing on mid-income housing projects, primarily in South India.[13]
  • Shriram Fortune is the financial services distribution arm of the group.[14]
  • Shriram AMC is an asset management company focused on mutual funds.[15]
  • Shriram Insight is a retail stockbroker.[14]
  • Shriram Wealth provides wealth management advisory services.[14]
  • Shriram Automall is a vehicle auction platform started as a subsidiary of Shriram Transport Finance. In 2018, CarTrade picked a majority stake in Shriram Automall.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ Narasimhan, T. E. (31 January 2012). "Why private equity loves the Shriram Group". Business Standard India. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Shriram Life Insurance". www.shriramlife.com. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  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. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  7. ^ "India's largest commercial vehicle financier Shriram Transport sees 73% loan repayments in August". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Shriram City Union Finance aims over Rs 6,000 cr disbursement in Q4". Business Standard India. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  9. ^ Balachandar, G. "Aided by two-wheeler loans, Shriram City sees strong growth in Q3 disbursements". @businessline. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Shriram City Union Finance may seek investor for housing unit". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Sanlam to up stake in Shriram Life to 49%". @businessline. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  12. ^ Srivats, K. R. "Shriram General Insurance on expansion spree". @businessline. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  13. ^ Sonavane, Ravindra N. (10 April 2021). "Shriram Properties files draft papers to raise ₹800 crore via IPO". mint. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b c "Shriram Capital mulls merger of group cos to facilitate exit of Piramal Group and TPG". The News Minute. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Shriram AMC to launch two new schemes in current fiscal". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  16. ^ Thakkar, Ketan (25 January 2018). "CarTrade acquires 51 per cent in Shriram Automall to create India's largest online vehicle transaction platform". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

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