Shriram Group

Shriram Group

Company type	Conglomerate
Industry	Financial services, insurance, real estate
Founded	5 April 1974;51 years ago (1974-04-05)
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Area served	India
Key people	R. Thyagarajan (Chairman) [1]
Total assets	₹ 3.21 lakh crore (US$38 billion) (December 2024) [2]
Number of employees	116,000 (December 2024) [2]
Subsidiaries	Shriram Finance Shriram Housing Finance Shriram Life Insurance Shriram General Insurance Shriram Insight Shriram Fortune Shriram AMC Shriram Wealth Shriram Properties
Website	www.shriramcapital.com

Shriram Group is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Chennai. It was founded on 5 April 1974 by R. Thyagarajan, ^[3] AVS Raja and T. Jayaraman. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The group had its beginning in chit funds business and later on entered the lending and insurance businesses.

Companies

• Shriram Finance is the flagship company of the Group which provides financial services such as commercial vehicle finance, passenger vehicle finance, SME finance and retail lending (personal loans, gold loans and two-wheeler loans). ^[7] It was formed in 2022 as the result of a merger ^[8] of Shriram City Union Finance ^{[9] [10]} and Shriram Capital into Shriram Transport Finance. ^[11]
• Shriram Life Insurance is the life insurance arm of the group, and a joint venture between Shriram Group and South African company Sanlam. ^[12]
• Shriram General Insurance is engaged in commercial and retail vehicle insurance, home insurance and travel insurance. It is a joint venture between Shriram Group and Sanlam. ^[13]
• Shriram Capital (formerly Shriram Financial Ventures) is the holding company and promoter of Shriram Group's financial services and insurance businesses. ^[14] It is jointly owned by Shriram Ownership Trust (59.3%) and Sanlam Group (40.7%). ^[15]
• Shriram Properties is a real estate developer focusing on mid-income housing projects, primarily in South India. ^[16]
• Shriram Fortune is the financial services distribution arm of the group. ^[17]
• Shriram AMC is an asset management company focused on mutual funds. ^[18]
• Shriram Insight is a retail stockbroker. ^[17]
• Shriram Wealth provides wealth management advisory services. ^[17]
• Shriram Automall is a vehicle auction platform started as a subsidiary of Shriram Transport Finance. In 2018, CarTrade acquired a majority stake in Shriram Automall. ^[19] Shriram Finance holds a 44.56% stake in Shriram Automall, as of 2024. ^[20]

Former companies

• Shriram Housing Finance was a home loan company which was a subsidiary of Shriram City Union Finance (and subsequently Shriram Finance). ^[21] In 2024, Warburg Pincus acquired Shriram Housing Finance for ₹4,630 crore ^[22] and renamed the company as Truhome Finance. ^[23]

References

1. Narasimhan, T. E. (31 January 2012). "Why private equity loves the Shriram Group". Business Standard India. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
2. "Shriram Capital Limited". Shriram Capital. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
3. "R Thyagarajan, Shriram Ventures Ltd: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
4. "About the Group".
5. Raghuvir Badrinath & T E Narasimhan (24 May 2012). "Shriram Group's Rs 400-cr PE plan to bind its cement foray". Business Standard. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
6. Sanjay Vijayakumar & V Balasubramanian (27 May 2012). "Shriram Group founder R Thyagarajan bets on math and mathematicians for business success, not that much on B-school grads". Economic Times. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
7. "Corporate Presentation/Investor updates of Shriram Finance Limited" (PDF). Shriram Finance. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
8. "Shriram Capital, Shriram City Union Finance to merge with Shriram Transport Finance". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
9. "Shriram City Union Finance aims over Rs 6,000 cr disbursement in Q4". Business Standard India. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
10. Balachandar, G. "Aided by two-wheeler loans, Shriram City sees strong growth in Q3 disbursements". @businessline. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
11. "India's largest commercial vehicle financier Shriram Transport sees 73% loan repayments in August". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
12. "Sanlam to up stake in Shriram Life to 49%". @businessline. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
13. Srivats, K. R. "Shriram General Insurance on expansion spree". @businessline. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
14. Jacob, Shine (23 November 2022). "Shriram Financial Ventures to be holding company in Shriram Group recast". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
15. Ramesh, M. (18 September 2024). "Shriram group: Believes 'retail ARC' is a blue ocean, kicks-off with ₹300-cr investment". BusinessLine. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
16. Sonavane, Ravindra N. (10 April 2021). "Shriram Properties files draft papers to raise ₹800 crore via IPO". mint. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
17. "Shriram Capital mulls merger of group cos to facilitate exit of Piramal Group and TPG". The News Minute. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
18. "Shriram AMC to launch two new schemes in current fiscal". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
19. Thakkar, Ketan (25 January 2018). "CarTrade acquires 51 per cent in Shriram Automall to create India's largest online vehicle transaction platform". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
20. "Shriram Finance". ICRA. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
21. "Shriram City Union Finance may seek investor for housing unit". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
22. "US fund Warburg to buy Shriram Housing Finance". The Times of India. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
23. Ray, Atmadip (15 January 2025). "Shriram Housing becomes Truhome Finance, eyes 30% annual growth". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 February 2025.

External links

• Official website