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

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and

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. At 22, he was considered the youngest Sri Lankan billionaire

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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.Roshan Perera 56th president
/ref>150 million investment
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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

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. He convinced Disney to visit Sri Lanka in 1996 braving the civil war that ravaged the country 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

to follow suit and boost the economy of Sri Lanka. Unhappy with simply manufacturing figurines for international brands, Perera launched his own brand named Bellucci.

Beauty Pageants

Roshan Perera is the Franchisee for Miss Sri Lanka Online, Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Intercontinental, which is the country's most popular beauty pageant to-date., In 2005 he ventured into the beauty pageant Industry, some of the winners who came from his organizations include Maria Colombage and

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Other ventures

His main investment is considered to be "Lanka SS", the company he inherited from his father, which manufactures

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s. The flagship company Platinum Holdings is considered to have investments diversified in countries from Australia to India.perera expands
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In agriculture, the company is currently popularizing traditional rice varieties known as the Miracle Rice of Sri Lanka.flour milling factory
/ref>Rice factory by Roshan Perera factory
/ref> Over 10,000 acres of farm land is used for this purpose.

Interests

He was the youngest major donor to Sri Lanka's largest Rotary Club and subsequently became its President.

References

External links

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* http://www.ft.lk/agriculture/550-acre-zone-exclusively-for--Akshata--Non-GMO-Rice/31-664987 ''DailyFT'' article]
''Sunday Observer''

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''The Island'' article

* http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Ravi-attends-Rotary-Club-Colombo-West-event-as-guest-speaker-133743.html ''Dailymirror'' article] * http://www.ft.lk/agriculture/Akshata-distributes-10-000-kg-of-low-GI--non-GMO-paddy-seeds/31-667831 {{DEFAULTSORT:Perera, Roshan 1976 births Sri Lankan chief executives Living people Harvard Business School alumni University of Connecticut alumni St. Joseph's University (New York) alumni