T.S. Kalyanaraman
Thrissur, India
India
jewelry, Self Made
$1,300,000,000
1818
#1818 Billionaires 2019
#87 India's Richest 2014
T.S. Kalyanaraman chairs Kalyan Jewellers, a gold jewelry chain with a presence in India, the UAE and Kuwait. The business has its origins in a century-old textile store established in south India by his grandfather, who hailed from a family of Hindu priests.Kalyanaraman worked in the family's textile trade from age 12 until 1993 when he started the jewelry chain. With revenues of $1.5 billion, the privately held company counts Warburg Pincus as a key investor.
Kalyan has more than 100 showrooms in India and overseas. He contributed $3 million to Habitat For Humanity India to build 2,000 homes for low-income families.
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