Anantharamakrishnan Sivasailam (24 August 1934 – 12 January 2011) was an Indian industrialist, educationist, philanthropist and a former chairman and managing director of Amalgamations Group of Industries, a ₹ 70 billion conglomerate hosting a workforce of over 12,000 (as of 2011).
[5] Sivasailam was born on 24 August 1934, at Alwarkurichi in Tirunelveli district, which is now the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to S. Anantharamakrishnan, the founder of Amalgamations Group, as the elder of his two sons.
[6] In 1957, he joined his father in their family business as a comptroller and treasurer and took over Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), an industrial venture started by the group in 1960,[7] as its general manager, in 1961.
[9] He held the position till his death in 2011 and the group grew during this period from a ₹ 350 million business to ₹ 70 billion conglomerate, composed of 48 subsidiaries and 12,000 strong workforce.
[11] The elder daughter, Mallika Srinivasan, a Wharton School of Business alumnus,[12] is the chairman and chief executive officer of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited.