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| name = M. George Muthoot<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1911|02|04}}<br />
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| birth_place = [[Kozhencherry]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]], [[Kerala]], India) <br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| spouse = Ammini George Muthoot<br />
| children = 7<br />
| relatives = [[Muthoot Family]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1993|01|31|1911|02|04}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kozhencherry]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| occupation = Businessman<br />
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'''Mathai George Muthoot''' (4 February 1911 – 31 January 1993) was an Indian entrepreneur and businessman, prominent for his pioneering work in the South Indian financial sector.<br />
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He, along with his father Muthoot Ninan Mathai, founded what would later become the [[Muthoot Group|Muthoot Group of Companies]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
M. George Muthoot was born to Muthoot Ninan Mathai on 4 February 1911 in [[Kozhencherry]], a small town in South Kerala. Muthoot Ninan Mathai managed the family business of contract timber in the [[Kingdom of Travancore]].<br />
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Meanwhile, M. George joined the Indian army. He was married to Ammini George Muthoot and had seven children (six sons and one daughter), who now manage the Muthoot Group.{{fact|date=September 2019}}<br />
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==Business career==<br />
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After completing his army service, he returned to Kozhencherry in 1925 and established a new partnership firm along with his father (Muthoot Chit Fund), which was primarily a [[Chit Fund]], and hence marking the foray of [[Muthoot]] into the financial sector.<br />
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The company started by M. George Muthoot came to be known as the Muthoot Group and is today among the largest and most respected companies in [[South India]].<br />
He and his son Dr. George Kurien were also instrumental in setting up a multi-specialty hospital in Kozhencherry (Muthoot Medical Center).<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kozhencherry]]<br />
* [[Muthoot Family]]<br />
* [[Muthoot Group]]<br />
* [[M. G. George Muthoot]]<br />
* [[George Alexander Muthoot]]<br />
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