Lakshmi Venu
{{Short description|Indian businesswoman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
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| name = Lakshmi Venu
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1983}}
| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India {{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
| alma_mater = Yale University
University of Warwick
| occupation = Industrialist
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| boards = Sundaram-Clayton
TVS Motor Company
Wabco India Limited
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Rohan Murty|2011|2015|reason=div}}
- {{marriage|Mahesh Gogineni|2018}}
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| relatives = TVS family
| parents = Venu Srinivasan
Mallika Srinivasan
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Lakshmi Venu is an Indian businesseswoman and the managing director of Sundaram-Clayton and Vice Chairman of TAFE.{{cite web | title=Tractors and Farm Equipment appoints Lakshmi Venu as vice-chairperson | website=The Times of India | date=18 March 2025 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tractors-and-farm-equipment-appoints-lakshmi-venu-as-vice-chairperson/articleshow/119138271.cms | access-date=21 March 2025}}{{Cite web |title=TAFE APPOINTS DR. LAKSHMI VENU AS VICE CHAIRMAN |url=https://www.tafe.com/news-room/Tafe-Appoints-DR-Lakshmi-Venu-as-Vice-Chairman |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=www.tafe.com}}{{cite web | last=Gupta | first=Nandini Sen | title=Lakshmi Venu: Lakshmi Venu takes over as MD of Sundaram Clayton - India Business News | website=The Times of India | date=6 May 2022 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/lakshmi-venu-takes-over-as-md-of-sundaram-clayton/articleshow/91377330.cms | access-date=8 Apr 2023}}{{cite news |title=Lakshmi Venu takes charge as MD, Sundaram-Clayton |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/lakshmi-venu-takes-charge-as-md-of-sundaram-clayton/article65388420.ece |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=Business Line |date=6 May 2022 |language=en}} She is an heiress to the Chennai-based conglomerate TVS Group, which was established by her great-grandfather T. V. Sundaram Iyengar.{{cite news |title=TVS heiress Lakshmi Venu weds tech entrepreneur Mahesh Gogineni |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-tvs-heiress-lakshmi-venu-weds-tech-entrepreneur-mahesh-gogineni-2591911 |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=DNA India |language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/et-womens-forum-power-women-who-are-in-the-driving-seat-in-the-manufacturing-industry/articleshow/63121240.cms | title=ET Women Ahead: Corporate India's fastest rising women leaders | publisher=The Economic Times | date=23 January 2017 | accessdate=23 April 2018}}{{cite web | last=Narasimhan | first=T E | title=Lakshmi Venu may lead $1-billion TVS one day | website=Rediff | date=21 Aug 2009 | url=https://business.rediff.com/special/2009/aug/21/spec-lakshmi-venu-may-lead-dollar-1-billion-tvs-one-day.htm | access-date=15 Mar 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131126/news-businesstech/article/lakshmi-venu-get-more-responsibilities-sundaram-clayton | title=Lakshmi Venu to get more responsibilities at Sundaram Clayton | publisher=Deccan Chronicle | date=27 November 2013 | accessdate=27 March 2018}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/Specials/3uSuCGqOJ4yFrSVi9vYWOP/In-the-drivers-seat-Lakshmi-Venu.html | title=In the driver's seat: Lakshmi Venu | publisher=Livemint | work=S. Bridget Leena | date=10 March 2013 | accessdate=27 March 2018}}
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.{{cite news |title=Rohan crafted engagement ring for Lakshmi, says Murthy |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/rohan-crafted-engagement-ring-for-lakshmi-says-murthy/articleshow/6287488.cms |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=The Economic Times |date=10 August 2010}}{{cite news |title=Sundaram-Clayton inducts Venu on board |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/vkniYLeCy1JMZQn9vDeRyN/SundaramClayton-inducts-Venu-on-board.html |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=mint |date=23 March 2010 |language=en}}
Career
Lakshmi was appointed Joint managing director in Sundaram Clayton at a young age.{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/et-womens-forum-power-women-who-are-in-the-driving-seat-in-the-manufacturing-industry/articleshow/63121240.cms | title=ET Women Ahead: Corporate India's fastest rising women leaders | publisher=The Economic Times | date=23 January 2017 | accessdate=23 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131126/news-businesstech/article/lakshmi-venu-get-more-responsibilities-sundaram-clayton | title=Lakshmi Venu to get more responsibilities at Sundaram Clayton | publisher=Deccan Chronicle | date=27 November 2013 | accessdate=27 March 2018}}
Personal life
In 2011, she married Rohan Murty, son of Infosys founder N. R. Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murthy.{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/ties-in-double-knots/295400 | title=Ties In Double Knots | publisher=Outlook | work=Dilip Bobb | date=5 October 2015 | accessdate=23 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/bangalore/Rohan-Murthy-Lakshmis-wedding-reception/articleshow/8836441.cms | title=Rohan Murthy- Lakshmi's wedding reception | work=The Times of India | date=14 June 2011 | accessdate=23 April 2018}} They divorced in 2015.{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/companies/article/power-couple-rohan-murty-lakshmi-venu-formally-separate/21382 | title=Power couple Rohan Murty, Lakshmi Venu formally separate | publisher=Times Now | date=20 November 2015 | accessdate=7 April 2021}}
In March 2018, it was announced that Lakshmi had married Mahesh Gogineni in a private ceremony held in Jodhpur. Mahesh Gogineni, is the grandson of N. G. Ranga.{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/venu-srinivasans-daughter-lakshmi-ties-the-knot-with-n-g-rangas-great-grandson-gogineni/articleshow/63216498.cms | title=Lakshmi Venu, daughter of TVS Motor Chairman, ties the knot with N G Ranga's great grandson | publisher=The Economic Times | work=Anandi Chandrashekhar | date=8 March 2018 | accessdate=23 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/NF6B7kFPuqkOQTVXM75McI/Lakshmi-Venu-When-the-next-wave-of-growth-comes-we-will-be.html | title='It's important to remain agile' | publisher=Livemint | work=Arundhati Ramanathan | date=27 August 2012 | accessdate=23 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/et-womens-forum-power-women-who-are-in-the-driving-seat-in-the-manufacturing-industry/articleshow/63121240.cms | title=ET Women's Forum: Power women who are driving the manufacturing industry | publisher=The Economic Times | work=Lijee Philip | date=1 March 2018 | accessdate=23 April 2018}} He is a first-generation entrepreneur who runs a tech start-up.