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| | #REDIRECT [[Mathai George Muthoot]] |
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| | name = M. George Muthoot
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| | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1911|02|04}}
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| | birth_place = [[Kozhencherry]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]], [[Kerala]], India)
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| | nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
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| | spouse = Ammini George Muthoot
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| | children = 7
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| | relatives = [[Muthoot Family]]
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| | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1993|01|31|1911|02|04}}
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| | death_place = [[Kozhencherry]], [[Kerala]], India
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| | occupation = Businessman
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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.
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| He, along with his father Muthoot Ninan Mathai, founded what would later become the [[Muthoot Group|Muthoot Group of Companies]].
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| ==Early life==
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| 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]].
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| Meanwhile, M. George joined the Indian army. He was married to Ammini George Muthoot and had seven children, who now manage the Muthoot Group.{{fact|date=September 2019}}
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| ==Business career==
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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.
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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]].
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| He and his son Dr. George Kurien were also instrumental in setting up a multi-specialty hospital in Kozhencherry (Muthoot Medical Center).
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Kozhencherry]]
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| * [[Muthoot Family]]
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| * [[Muthoot Group]]
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| * [[M. G. George Muthoot]]
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| * [[George Alexander Muthoot]]
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| [[Category:1911 births]]
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| [[Category:1993 deaths]]
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| [[Category:Businesspeople from Kerala]]
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