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This is a list of the 20 richest people in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan) based on the 2024 Forbes Billionaires List. 2024
Kulappu Arachchige Don Dhammika Perera, commonly known as Dhammika Perera (born December 28, 1967), is a Sri Lankan billionaire businessman and politician. A top corporate leader, he is one of the wealthiest people in Sri Lanka, controlling 23 listed companies on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Ishara Chinthaka Nanayakkara is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and businessman. As of December 2019, he is the Richest man in Sri Lanka. [1] He is currently serving as the deputy group chairman of the LOLC Holdings. [2] His father Rajah Nanayakkara was also a prominent businessman and he died in 2017 at the age of 77.
Born in Sri Lanka to a family from Galle, Palihapitiya moved to Canada at age five when his father was posted to the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Ottawa. [4] [5] In 1986, when his father's diplomatic posting came to an end, the family sought asylum in Canada due to his father's criticism of violence against Tamils during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult, from UBS's Global Wealth Databook. [1] [2] ... Sri Lanka: 14,966,000 8,615 23,991 77.2
Forbes released its annual list of billionaires with a stunning claim: a new billionaire is made every 17 hours. A record of 493 - including Kim Kardashian, for the first time - were added to the ...
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.
Rajaratnam is an ethnic Sri Lankan Tamil born in Colombo in what was then the Dominion of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) to J. M. Rajaratnam, who was the chairman & CEO of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Sri Lanka in 1970 and the vice president in South Asia. [11] and mother Rajeshwari, a homemaker.