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<div>{{short description|Indian businessman (born 1951)}}<br />
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| name = T. S. Kalyanaraman Iyer<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|1|1|}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Trivandrum district|Trivandrum]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Sree Kerala Varma College]]<br />
| employer = Chairman and Managing Director of [[Kalyan Jewellers]] & [[Kalyan Developers]]<br />
| occupation = Business<br />
| net_worth = {{gain}}US$1.2 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] (2017)<ref name=net/><br />
| years_active = 1993 {{endash}} present<br />
| spouse = Ramadevi<br />
| children = 3<br />
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'''T. S. Kalyanaraman Iyer''' (born 1 January 1951) is an Indian businessman is best known as the chairman and managing director of [[Kalyan Jewellers]] and [[Kalyan Developers]]. [[Kalyan Group]] is the holding company of [[Kalyan Jewellers]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
T. S. Kalyanaraman Iyer was born in [[Thrissur]], into a [[Tamil Brahmin]] family, as the eldest son of T. R. Seetharamaiyer. 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]] and studied commerce.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-21/indian-jeweler-becomes-billionaire-as-gold-price-surges.html<br />
|title=Indian Jeweler Becomes Billionaire as Gold Price Surges<br />
|publisher=Bloomberg<br />
|accessdate=22 January 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He started his first jewelry shop named [[Kalyan Jewellers]] in [[Thrissur]] City in 1993 with a capital of {{INR|50,00,000}}. Later, he expanded the business to 32 showrooms all over [[South India]]. In 2016, [[Forbes]] magazine's latest annual tally of billionaires has listed Kalyanaraman in 1476th position with a net worth of {{USD|1.2 billion}}.<ref name=net>{{cite web|title=T. S. Kalyanaraman|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/ts-kalyanaraman/|work=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=12 January 2017|date=12 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He has two sons – Rajesh Kalyanaraman, Ramesh Kalyanaraman and a daughter – Radhika.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-success-story-of-kalyan-jewellers/20120315.htm<br />
|title=The success story of Kalyan Jewellers<br />
|publisher=Rediff<br />
|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref><br />
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