Manuel Gnana Muthu (1935 – 23 May 2018)[1] was the founder and first chairman of the MGM Group of Companies.[2]
Biography
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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
References
- ↑ MGM Group founder MG Muthu passed away. Good Returns(24 May 2018).
- ↑ MGM theme park inaugurated. The Hindu(17 May 2003).
- ↑ MGM Dizzee World website.
- ↑ MGM Group to acquire Aruna Hotel. The Hindu Business Line(16 November 2005).
- ↑ Rags to Riches{{#if:Muthu|, Muthu}. Variant Communications(1999)