Lakshmi Venu

Lakshmi Venu is the joint managing director in Sundaram Clayton.[1][2][3] She belongs to a prominent Indian business family.

Lakshmi Venu
Born1983 (age 36–37)
NationalityIndian
Alma materYale University
University of Warwick
OccupationIndustrialist
Board member ofSundaram-Clayton Ltd
TVS Motor Company Limited
Wabco India Limited
Spouse(s)
Rohan Murty
(m. 2011; div. 2015)

Mahesh Gogineni (m. 2018)
Parent(s)Venu Srinivasan
Mallika Srinivasan

Background and education

Lakshmi is the daughter of Venu Srinivasan and Mallika Srinivasan. Both of Lakshmi's parents run separate business empires which they inherited from their respective fathers. Venu Srinivasan runs the TVS Group (Sundaram-Clayton Group) founded by his grandfather T. V. Sundaram Iyengar, while Mallika Srinivasan runs the TAFE Group companies (of the Amalgamations Group) inherited from her father, A. Sivasailam.[4]

Lakshmi has one brother, Sudarshan Venu. She grew up in Chennai and studied at Sishya School in Adyar. She did her degree in economics from Yale University and then her Doctorate in Engineering Management from University of Warwick.

Career

Lakshmi was appointed Joint managing director in Sundaram Clayton at a young age.[5][6][7]

Personal life

In 2011, she married Rohan Murty, son of Infosys founder N. R. Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murthy. .[8][9]

In March 2018, it was announced that Lakshmi had married Mahesh Gogineni in a private ceremony held in Jodhpur. Mahesh Gogoneni, is the grandson of N. G. Ranga.[10][11][12] He is a first-generation entrepreneur who runs a small-time tech start-up.

References
  1. "ET Women Ahead: Corporate India's fastest rising women leaders". The Economic Times. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. "Lakshmi Venu may lead $1-billion TVS one day". Rediff. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. "Lakshmi Venu to get more responsibilities at Sundaram Clayton". Deccan Chronicle. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. "In the driver's seat: Lakshmi Venu". S. Bridget Leena. Livemint. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. "ET Women Ahead: Corporate India's fastest rising women leaders". The Economic Times. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. "Lakshmi Venu may lead $1-billion TVS one day". Rediff. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. "Lakshmi Venu to get more responsibilities at Sundaram Clayton". Deccan Chronicle. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  8. "Ties In Double Knots". Dilip Bobb. Outlook. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  9. "Rohan Murthy- Lakshmi's wedding reception". The Times of India. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  10. "Lakshmi Venu, daughter of TVS Motor Chairman, ties the knot with N G Ranga's great grandson". Anandi Chandrashekhar. The Economic Times. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  11. "'It's important to remain agile'". Arundhati Ramanathan. Livemint. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  12. "ET Women's Forum: Power women who are driving the manufacturing industry". Lijee Philip. The Economic Times. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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