Muthiah Annamalai Muthiah Ramaswamy Chettiar (30 September 1931 – 2 December 2015) better known as Rajah M.A.M.Ramasamy Chettiar an Indian industrialist, politician and race horse owner who served as Chairman of the Chettinad Group of Companies and a member of the Upper House of the Parliament of India, the Rajya Sabha for Karnataka representing the Janata Dal (Secular) from 2004 to 2010.
With a net worth of Rs.1,500 crores, Ramaswamy was one of the richest individuals in Chennai city.
[4] Ramaswamy was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu on 30 September 1931, as the second son of Sir M. A. Muthiah Chettiar, the Kumar-rajah of Chettinad.
Ramaswamy had an older brother Muthiah, upon whose death in 1970 at the age of 40, Ramaswamy inherited the title Kumar-rajah of Chettinad and Chairmanship of the Chettinad Group of Companies.
Ramaswamy was also a maternal cousin of former Indian finance minister, P. Chidambaram.