Among other businesses, his family runs a medical college and several engineering colleges in Chennai.
A sitting Lok Sabha member from Arakonam, he is contesting from Sriperumbudur constituency in this elections. Next comes T R Pachamuthu, also founder of educational institutions, who owns assets worth Rs.77.69 crore.
Heading the Indhiya Jananayaka Katchi (IJK), an ally of the BJP, he is contesting from Perambalur. He owns SRM group of educational institutions.
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti P Chidambaram, making his electoral debut from Sivaganga, has assets to the tune of Rs 59.66 crore.
Karti Chidambaram's family has 100 acres land in Coorg, in Karnataka. He has a residential property in Gurgaon measuring 6,400 square ft.
