Subaskaran Allirajah

Subaskaran Allirajah (born 2 March 1972) is a Sri Lankan born British Tamil entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Lycamobile, a telecommunications company. He is also a producer of Tamil films through his entertainment subsidiary Lyca Productions, based in Chennai, India, and began with its first film Kaththi (2014). It produced the science fiction thriller 2.0 (2018), which is India's most expensive film and the 5th most expensive non-English-language film at the time of its release.[2]

Subaskaran Allirajah
Born
Allirajah Subaskaran

(1972-03-02) 2 March 1972
Sri Lanka
OccupationChairman, Lycamobile
Net worth£475 million(Sunday Times Rich List, 2014)[1]

Awards

In October 2011 Lycatel was ranked 36th out of 250 leading mid-market private companies in The Sunday Times.[3] Allirajah received a gold award for Best Overall Enterprise in 2010 at the Asian Achievers Award ceremony for the impact he has made on the Asian community in the UK.[4] The Asian Voice Political and Public Life awarded Allirajah in 2011 its "International Entrepreneur of the Year" award.[5]

In 2012 the English Asian Business Awards presented Allirajah with the "2011 Power Business of the Year" award, recognizing the growth of the Lycamobile business globally.[6] as well as the "Social Entrepreneur of the Year" award.[7]

References
  1. "Sunday Times Rich List". The Sunday Times (page 74). 26 April 2015.
  2. "At Rs 543 crore, Akshay Kumar and Rajinikanth's 2.0 is costlier than Deadpool and these Hollywood blockbusters - Bollywood News". timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. "Asian Achievers Awards 2010 > 2010". 7 December 2010. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. "Asian bags international entrepreneur award for 2011". The Hindu Business Line. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  6. "Honour for English Asian Business award winners". Asian Image. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  7. "Winners of 2012 Asian Business". Asian Business Awards. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
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