Roshan Perera

Roshan Perera
Roshan Perera, February 2012
Born Roshan Damian Perera
(1976-04-02) 2 April 1976
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lankan
Alma mater St Josephs College
University of Connecticut
Harvard Business School
Occupation

Businessman

  • Chairman of Platinum Holdings (pvt) Ltd
  • Chairman of Lanka SSS pvt ltd
Years active 1994–present

Roshan Perera (born 2 April 1976) is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur, business magnate, investor and philanthropist[1]. He was also the CEO of Bellucci Sri Lanka (pvt) Ltd in 1996,[2] which he made into Asia's largest ceramic figurine manufacturing company.[3][4] He eventually owned the company while employing over 5,000 staff members. The company was the flagship supplier to multinational companies such as Disney, Hallmark and Walmart.

At 22, he was considered the youngest Sri Lankan billionaire entrepreneur[5] to run organizations with over 10 billion Sri Lankan rupees turnover. By 2001, his business empire was diversified into branches for ceramics, agriculture, packaging, freight-forwarding, clothing and fashion, and media and investments.[6][7]

He was listed as one of the richest people in Sri Lanka during the 1990s. He was the first person in Sri Lanka to own a stretch limousine and private helicopter.[8][9][10]


Career

After dropping out of Harvard Business School and returning home, he developed the contact he had made with Disney, in particular with the then Disney CEO Michael Eisner.[11] He convinced Disney to visit Sri Lanka in 1996 braving the civil war that ravaged the country[12] This was the breakthrough the country needed: Disney was the world's only Fortune 500 company to purchase goods from the war-torn island, which laid the foundation for other companies such as Hallmark to follow suit and boost the economy of Sri Lanka.[13]

Unhappy with simply manufacturing figurines for international brands, Perera launched his own brand named Bellucci.[14][15]

Beauty Pageants

Roshan Perera is the Franchisee for Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Intercontinental,[16] which is the country's most popular beauty pageant to-date.,[17][18][19]

In 2005 he ventured into the beauty pageant Industry, some of the winners who came from his organizations include Maria Colombage and Jacqueline Fernandez.[20][21][22]

Other ventures

His main investment is considered to be "Lanka SS", the company he inherited from his father, which manufactures ice skates. The flagship company Platinum Holdings is considered to have investments diversified in countries from Australia to India.[23]

Bellucci head office

In agriculture, the company is currently popularizing traditional rice varieties known as the Miracle Rice of Sri Lanka.[24][25][26] Over 10,000 acres of farm land is used for this purpose.[27]

Interests

He was the youngest major donor to Sri Lanka's largest Rotary Club and subsequently became its President.[28][29][30][31][32]

References

  1. ↑ "Roshan Perea crates a model working environment".
  2. ↑ "Bellucci launched in SL". Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Roshan Perea crates a model working environment".
  4. ↑ lanka japan trade
  5. ↑ The Sunday Times, 6 January 2002
  6. ↑ Roshan Perera 56th president
  7. ↑ 150 million investment
  8. ↑ "From a Jack to a King". Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  9. ↑ sri lankas richest
  10. ↑ "Colombo West Rotarian President wins 'Best President' award". Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Michael Eisner Departs Disney Helm After 21 Years". Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "The scars of Sri Lanka's civil war". Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "::: Business". The Sunday Times. Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "SL Gov. News". Archived from the original on 20 June 2012.
  15. ↑ http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2002/02/03/fea14.html
  16. ↑ "Miss Sri Lanka Pageant".
  17. ↑ "most glamorous finale". The daily FT. Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "Tracy crowned". lankanewsweb=Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "Roshan Perera presidents installation". The Sunday leader=Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  20. ↑ "roshan perera with international contestants donating wheel chairs".
  21. ↑ "Miss Sri Lanka".
  22. ↑ "Miss Intercontinental".
  23. ↑ perera expands
  24. ↑ flour milling factory
  25. ↑ Rice factory by Roshan Perera factory
  26. ↑ "Eye – Features". Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  27. ↑
  28. ↑ "Rotary Sri Lanka". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  29. ↑ "Rotary Club of Colombo West – Rotary Club of Colombo West". Rotary Club of Colombo West. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  30. ↑ "CB Governor with Roshan Perera". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  31. ↑ "CB Gov. at Rotary". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  32. ↑ "Awards".


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