T. S. Kalyanaraman (born 23 April 1947) is an Indian businessman and the managing director of Kalyan Jewellers and Kalyan Developers. Kalyan Group is the holding company of Kalyan Jewellers.

Early life

Kalyanaraman was born in

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

, into a

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family, as the eldest son of T. R. Seetharama Iyer. He was named after his paternal grandfather, who was also the founder of Kalyan Group. He learned the business from his father when he was 12, by helping his father in his shop. Later he joined

Sree Kerala Varma College Sree Kerala Varma College is a government-aided higher education institution located in Kanattukara, Thrissur, Kerala, India. Established in 1947, the college was founded by Aikya Keralam Thampuran, the Maharaja of the former Kingdom of Cochi ...

and studied commerce.

Career

He started his first jewellery shop named Kalyan Jewellers in

City in 1993 with a capital of . Later, he expanded the business to 32 showrooms all over

South India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

. In 2024,

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magazine's latest annual tally of billionaires has listed Kalyanaraman in 622th position with a net worth of . As per Forbes list of India's 100 richest tycoons, dated 9 October 2024, T.S. Kalyanaraman is ranked 60th with a net worth of $5.38 billion. T. S. Kalyanaraman has also released an autobiography called ''The Golden Touch''.

Personal life

He has two sons and a daughter.

References

Living people Indian billionaires Businesspeople from Thrissur 1951 births Sree Kerala Varma College alumni {{India-business-bio-stub