Name M George Net worth $1.14 Billion Role Entrepreneur | Religion Syrian Christian Parents M George Muthoot Spouse(s) Sara George | |
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Occupation Businessman, Chairman of The Muthoot Group Children George Muthoot George (III), Alexander George Muthoot, Late Shri Paul M George Similar People George Alexander Muthoot, M George Muthoot, S D Shibulal, P N C Menon, C R Kesavan Vaidyar | ||
Grandparents Muthoot Ninan Mathai Born 2 November 1949 Kozhencherry, United State of Travancore and Cochin, Dominion of India (present day Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India) Died 5 March 2021 (aged 71) | ||
M g george muthoot chairman muthoot group about executive events
Mathai George Muthoot Jr. was an Indian entrepreneur and businessman. He was the third generation of his family to be chairman of the Muthoot Group, and the Lay Trustee of the Indian Orthodox Church. He was also a member of the National Executive Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Chairman of the FICCI Kerala State Council.
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- M g george muthoot chairman muthoot group about executive events
- Felicitation of Shri M G George Muthoot at Manipal University
- Early life
- Career Graph
- Personal life
- References
Forbes Asia Magazine listed him as the 50th richest man in India in 2011.
Felicitation of Shri M. G. George Muthoot at Manipal University
Early life
Born on 2 November 1949 in Kozhencherry, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, M. G. George Muthoot was the grandson of Ninan Mathai Muthoot, founder of the Muthoot Group, and the third son of M. George Muthoot, founder of the financial services arm of that group. He graduated from Manipal Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, specialising in automobile and air-conditioning.
Career Graph
Muthoot’s first job was as an office assistant in the family’s bank. In 1979, he became managing director of the bank. He was appointed chairman of Muthoot Group in February 1993.
At the time he took over the operations at Muthoot, the Group had 31 branches in four states, namely Kerala, Delhi, Chandigarh and Haryana. There are 4433 branches today and the Group has an annual turnover of Rs.25,500 crores ($4.5 Billion) as of May 2009
Muthoot was also a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the Chairman of the FICCI Kerala State Council.
Muthoot was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi National Award by the Mahatma Gandhi National Foundation in 2001 for his contributions to Indian industry. In 2012, he received the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility. In January 2013, Muthoot Finance was Awarded The SKOCH Award for Financial Inclusion. M.G George Muthoot was honoured with the Distinguished and outstanding Alumnus of 2015 award instituted by Manipal University.
Muthoot was ranked 50th with $1.10 bn in the list of Indian billionaire by Forbes October 2011.
Personal life
Muthoot was married to Sara George Muthoot, who is a principal of St. George’s High School in New Delhi. They have three sons. Their eldest son George M George (George III) is the Executive Director of the Group and the youngest son Alexander George who is the Director of the Group. Their second son, Paul Muthoot George, was murdered in 2009. M G George Muthoot can speak 11 different Indian languages.