G. Rajendran

$2.58B

as of 10/04/24

About G. Rajendran

G. Rajendran chairs privately held GRT Jewellers, which he founded in 1964 as GR Thangamaaligai.

The jewelry chain sells diamond, gold, platinum and silver jewelry mostly in south India.

His sons G.R. Ananthapadmanabhan and G.R. Radhakrishnan are managing directors at GRT Jewellers.

He also chairs the GRT Institute of Engineering and Technology located outside Chennai.

His group's hospitality arm has hotels and resorts across 14 cities in south India.

Personal stats

Citizenship

India

Source of wealth

Jewellery

Residence

Chennai, India

Marital status

Married

Birth date

10/05/42 (age 82)

Self-made

self-made

G. Rajendran’s fortune is worth

43K

troy ounces of gold

40K

median U.S. household

26K

median U.S. income

0.052%

U.S. credit card volume

0.01%

GDP of the United States

0.008%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Rajendran hails from a family of jewelers from Kumbakkonam in Tamil Nadu.