Thiru. Arun Vasu aged 53 years, son of Thiru. TT Vasu, is the Chairman and Managing Director of TT Group of Companies, a Service Industrial sector of TTK Family. He hails from a family of well recognized businessmen and Philonthrophists in south India. He is the grandson of Thiru. TT Krishnamachary, the First Finance/ Commerce Minister of India in Sri. Jawaharlal Nehru’s Cabinet and the founder of TTK Group of Companies, one of the leading business conglomerates in South India.
He is currently Director of around 12 companies. He is also one of the Trustees of Worth Trust one of the leading NGO’s in Tamil Nadu involved in assisting and training the physically challenged persons in various industrial places like Katpadi, Pondy, Trichy etc.,
He is in business since the age of 22 years assisting his father as a Director of TT Travels Private Limited. He has rich experience of over three decades managing various businesses such as (i) Visa Outsourcing businesses for Embassies/ consulates in India and abroad having various offices in India and abroad (ii) Full Fledged Money Exchange business activity having around 26 branches throughout India (iii) General Sales Agency & Back office support functions for British Airways World Cargo, Etihad Airways Cargo, Singapore Airlines cargo in various locations throughout India (iv) Customs Bonded Trucking and General trucking business having offices throughout India (iv) Hospitality Industry having a boutique hotel, restaurant and a resort in a unique destination in ECR near Marakkanam (v) Ocean & Adventure Water Sports Industry (vi) Insurance Broking office having offices in various locations in South India.
He has been involved in Water sports, Ocean Water and Adventure sports for the past three decades. In addition, he is involved in various CSR activities in Chennai mainly in Kovalam village assisting beach cleaning, training fishermen community youth in Ocean Water & Adventure sports, Women empowerment, village infrastructure development and other activities. He is also the President of the Surfing Federation of India and Honorary Consul of Sweden.