Roshan Perera Explained
Roshan Perera |
Birth Name: | Roshan Damian Perera |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Occupation: | Businessman- Chairman of Platinum Holdings (pvt) Ltd
- Chairman of Lanka SSS pvt ltd
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Years Active: | 1994–present |
Birth Date: | 1976 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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]
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.[8] He convinced Disney to visit Sri Lanka in 1996 braving the civil war that ravaged the country[9] 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.[10]
Unhappy with simply manufacturing figurines for international brands, Perera launched his own brand named Bellucci.[11] [12]
Beauty Pageants
Roshan Perera is the Franchisee for Miss Sri Lanka Online,[13] Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Intercontinental,[14] [15] which is the country's most popular beauty pageant to-date.,[16] [17] [18]
In 2005 he ventured into the beauty pageant Industry, some of the winners who came from his organizations include Maria Colombage and Jacqueline Fernandez.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
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.[24]
In agriculture, the company is currently popularizing traditional rice varieties[25] known as the Miracle Rice of Sri Lanka.[26] [27] [28] [29] Over 10,000 acres of farm land is used for this purpose.[30] [31] [32]
Interests
He was the youngest major donor to Sri Lanka's largest Rotary Club and subsequently became its President.[33] [34] [35] [36] [37]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Roshan Perea crates a model working environment.
- Web site: Bellucci launched in SL. 20 September 2014.
- Web site: Roshan Perea crates a model working environment.
- http://www.mfa.gov.lk/index.php/en/foreign-policy/agreementsmous-/298-news/5146-sri-lanka--japan-trade-investment-and-tourism|title=sri lanka japan trade
- http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20020107model_working_environment.html The Sunday Times, 6 January 2002
- http://dailynews.lk/2016/07/14/business/87430/ Roshan Perera 56th president
- http://www.dailymirror.lk/76709/grains-n-green-invests-rs-150-mn-in-rice-milling-factory/ 150 million investment
- Web site: Michael Eisner Departs Disney Helm After 21 Years . . 10 July 2017.
- Web site: The scars of Sri Lanka's civil war . Sri Lanka . 10 July 2017.
- Web site:
Business
. The Sunday Times . Sri Lanka. 20 September 2014.
- Web site: SL Gov. News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120620191624/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20020107model_working_environment.htm. 20 June 2012. dmy-all.
- Web site: Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business . 28 August 2013 . 10 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110034251/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2002/02/03/fea14.html . live .
- Web site: Miss Sri Lanka Online. 13 August 2019.
- Web site: miss intercontinental.
- Web site: Miss Sri Lanka Pageant. YouTube.
- Web site: most glamorous finale. The daily FT. Sri Lanka. 15 July 2016.
- Web site: Tracy crowned. lankanewsweb=Sri Lanka. 15 July 2016.
- Web site: Roshan Perera presidents installation. The Sunday leader=Sri Lanka. 15 July 2016.
- Web site: roshan perera with international contestants donating wheel chairs. 4 November 2016.
- Web site: Miss Sri Lanka.
- Web site: Miss Intercontinental.
- Web site: Beautiful and accomplished.
- Web site: miss srilanka gathers momentum.
- http://www.ft.lk/article/434839/Demand-for-Akshata-Rice-paves-way-for-mega-rice-milling-factory/roshan perera expands
- https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20190808/282338271499238 Roshan Perera Introduces AVIKI Traditional Rice
- Web site: 550 acre zone exclusively for 'Akshata' non GMO Rice | Daily FT.
- http://www.dailymirror.lk/76709/grains-n-green-invests-rs-150-mn-in-rice-milling-factory/largest flour milling factory
- http://www.ft.lk/article/434839/Demand-for-Akshata-Rice-paves-way-for-mega-rice-milling-factory/Mega Rice factory by Roshan Perera factory
- Web site: Eye – Features. 20 September 2014.
- Web site: The Island . www.island.lk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181021151245/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=192950 . 2018-10-21.
- Web site: New rice brand for the health-conscious .
- Web site: Akshata distributes 10,000 kg of low-GI, non-GMO paddy seeds | Daily FT .
- Web site: Rotary Sri Lanka. 30 July 2016.
- Web site: Rotary Club of Colombo West – Rotary Club of Colombo West. Rotary Club of Colombo West. 20 September 2014.
- Web site: CB Governor with Roshan Perera. 30 July 2016.
- Web site: CB Gov. at Rotary. 30 July 2016.
- Web site: Awards.