V. G. Panneerdas

V. G. Panneerdas was the founder of VGP Group of Companies.

[2] He started as a poor man from a remote village called Azhagappa puram near Valliyur in Tamil Nadu, India in the Tirunelveli District.

This is often confused by a lot of people with another village of the same name near Nagercoil in the Kanyakumari District.

[3] He was the pioneer in South India to introduce Hire Purchase for everyday goods.

[4] He built the VGP company from virtually nothing to its present status as a group of companies including retail, real estate and property development, resorts and amusement parks (including VGP Universal Kingdom),[5] and video and audio studios.