Pitchai Rajagopal
Indian businessman and convicted Murderer (1947–2019)
Pitchai Rajagopal (5 August 1947 – 18 July 2019) was a convicted murderer, and founder of the Saravana Bhavan chain of restaurants based in Chennai, India. Born in rural Tamil Nadu into a farming family, and with little education, Rajagopal built a global restaurant chain.2
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Born 1947, died Jul 18, 2019.1
About
In later life, he was convicted for a 2001 murder, and began serving a life sentence in July 2019. Several days after his imprisonment, he had a heart attack and died.
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Companies
- Saravanaa BhavanFounder8
Early life and education
Rajagopal was born in Punnaiyadi, a tiny village now in Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu, India. His father was an onion seller, and his mother was a homemaker.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Saravanaa Bhavan3
In 1973, he moved to Madras and started a general provisions store in K K Nagar. He opened his first restaurant in 1981. By 2019, he had expanded to 111 restaurants in 22 countries, employing about 5,000 people. He built a temple in his village called Punnai Sri Srinivasaperumal Kovil.
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Personal life
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- 1WikidataPitchai Rajagopal on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPitchai Rajagopal on Wikipedia
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- 8WikidataSaravanaa Bhavan, Founder
- 9Wikimedia CommonsPitchai Rajagopal photo by KAMALAKANNAN, CC BY 3.0