https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=M._G._MuthuM. G. Muthu - Revision history2026-07-31T18:51:10ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=M._G._Muthu&diff=450353&oldid=prevFranciscaFortney at 22:46, 28 July 20242024-07-28T22:46:10Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian businessman (1935–2018)}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br />
'''Manuel Gnana Muthu''' (1935 – 23 May 2018)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Prasanna|first1=VK|title=MGM Group founder MG Muthu passed away|url=https://tamil.goodreturns.in/news/2018/05/24/mgm-group-founder-mg-muthu-passed-away-011490.html|website=Good Returns|accessdate=24 May 2018|language=Tamil|date=24 May 2018}}</ref> was the founder and first chairman of the [[MGM Group of Companies]].<ref>{{cite news|title= MGM theme park inaugurated|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/05/17/stories/2003051706020300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106214034/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/05/17/stories/2003051706020300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2003|work= [[The Hindu]]|date=17 May 2003}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Biography==<br />
Manuel Gnana Muthu was born in [[Thisayanvilai]], a small village in [[Tirunelveli district]] of present-day [[Tamil Nadu]] into a family belonging to the [[Nadar caste]] who converted to Christianity.<ref>{{cite web|title=MGM Dizzee World website|url=http://www.mgmdizzeeworld.com/board.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111065329/http://www.mgmdizzeeworld.com/board.htm|archivedate=2007-01-11}}</ref> He was born into a poor family and started his career in 1952, working in the port of [[Chennai]] in a very low position. He went on to start the MGM Group of Companies with an interest in logistics, hospitality and the popular [[MGM Dizzee World]] theme park in Chennai.<ref>{{cite news|title= MGM Group to acquire Aruna Hotel|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/11/16/stories/2005111602601300.htm|work=The Hindu Business Line|date=16 November 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427040924/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/11/16/stories/2005111602601300.htm|archive-date=27 April 2009}}</ref> He has written an account of his life in a book titled ''Rags To Riches: Chevalier Seva Ratna Dr. M. G. Muthu: An Autobiography'', published in 1999.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Muthu |first=M. G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TM3sAAAAMAAJ |title=Rags to Riches |date=1999 |publisher=Variant Communications |language=en}}</ref><br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{Reflist|2}}<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.mgm-india.com/ MGM Group of Companies website]<br />
*[https://www.mgm-hotels.com/ MGM Hotels and Resorts | Official Website]<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muthu, M. G.}}<br />
[[Category:1935 births]]<br />
[[Category:2018 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil businesspeople]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{India-business-bio-stub}}</div>FranciscaFortney