THE PATRIARCH
D. R. Wijewardena Lake House Printers & Publishers Don Richard Wijewardena revolutionised the newspaper industry…
PRINCIPLED LEADER
Rienzie Wijetilleke Hatton National Bank In his own words quoted in the preface to a…
INIMITABLE IDEATION
Nahil Wijesuriya East West Group of Companies The enormous glass window of his 24th floor…
ENERGETIC GIANT
Mallory Wijesinghe Bartleet Group The Public Works Department in which he had hoped to find…
INTREPID INVESTOR
Chandra Wijenaike Central Finance The story goes that Chandra Wijenaike had a friend who owned…
THE THINK TANK
N. G. (Tanky) Wickremeratne Hayleys The Hayleys Group is one of Sri Lanka’s largest conglomerates…
AGING IS THE REAL POPULATION BOMB
IMF Population aging is the top global demographic trend; the pandemic can teach us how…
CORPORATE CHEMIST
S. K. Wickremasinghe CIC Holdings Sarath Kusum (‘S. K.’) Wickremasinghe could have lived in the…
BISCUIT BARON
Deshamanya Mineka Wickramasingha CBL Group They say some are born with a silver spoon in…
FORMER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE’S LAUNCHING ANOTHER WHITE HOUSE BID
CNN - November 15, 2022 Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief…
SOUND BUSINESSMAN
Naro Udeshi Siedles Narottam (‘Naro’) Meghi Udeshi is described by a friend as a warm-hearted…
THE JEWEL
Ratna Sivaratnam Aitken Spence No praise is greater than words from a peer who holds…
SRI LANKA MUST IMPLEMENT BUDGET PROPOSALS TO AVOID RETURN TO CRISIS
People walk past the main entrance of the Sri Lanka's Central Bank in Colombo, Sri…
TOUR DE FORCE
Ebert Silva Ebert Silva Touring Afriend conjures up an endearing image with the following words:…
BIDEN, XI SHAKE HANDS IN BALI IN BID TO CALM U.S.-CHINA TENSIONS
TIME - November 14, 2022 President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks…
TITLED TITAN
Deshamanya Mano Selvanathan Carson Cumberbatch Carson Cumberbatch (Carsons) was founded when two companies founded by R.…
ELUSIVE MAGNATE
Hari Selvanathan Carson Cumberbatch Carsons – Carson Cumberbatch – is one of the largest conglomerates in Sri…
THE VUCA WORLD
“Reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays...” says Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.
ENERGETIC RISK TAKER
Chandra Schaffter Janashakthi Insurance Sixty years in any industry or sector is an astonishing achievement.…
