The KG Group of Companies is one of the premier Industrial groups in South India. Started as a cotton-trading venture by Shri.K Govindaswamy Naidu in 1932, it has evolved as one of the most highly integrated companies involved in every sphere of the Textile Industry. The KG Group is also in the forefront of Healthcare and Education with its internationally recognized hospital and commendable educational institutions.

In 1932, KG started his first ginning factory. Over the next six decades, his industrial ventures were in cotton ginning and spinning, weaving denim fabrics, manufacturing terry towels, castings, motor pumpsets and entertainment with an asset base of Rs.2 billion and sales of Rs. 3 billion, of which more than 25% came from exports. He believed in modern technology and set high standards in the business practices and for products manufactured. Revival of sick units was one of his business strategies. To create employment in rural areas, he located all his factories in villages, away from the urban areas. He insisted on employing women wherever possible.