Shriram Group is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Chennai. It was founded on 5 April 1974 by R. Thyagarajan, AVS Raja and T. Jayaraman. The group had its beginning in chit funds business and later on entered the lending business through Shriram Transport Finance (commercial vehicle finance), Shriram City Union Finance (consumer and MSME finance) and Shriram General Insurance (general insurance).