M. G. Muthu

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]