LEGENDS OF BUSINESS
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Nov- 2022 -19 November
LIMITED EDITION
Rajan Yatawara Hayleys Rajan Yatawara passed away in 2017 but he lives vividly on in the words his friends, colleagues and subordinates have chosen to pen of him. The strongest…
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19 November
THE TIMEKEEPER
Deshabandu W. A. Wimaladharma Wimaladharma Brothers Islanders have a reputation for a notional system of time – ‘island time’ – and Sri Lankans are no exception. Perhaps it was this…
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17 November
PERFECT DISTILLER
Carl de Silva Wijeyeratne Rockland The art of distillation has intrigued humankind for centuries and if the gods have nectar, then men must have their wine. Carl de Silva Wijeyeratne…
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17 November
BRIGHT STAR
Upali Wijewardene Upali Group There was something of Apollo in him. Upali Wijewardene was a man who turned heads – not once but twice. Even the emblem he chose for…
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17 November
THE PATRIARCH
D. R. Wijewardena Lake House Printers & Publishers Don Richard Wijewardena revolutionised the newspaper industry and journalism in Sri Lanka with his fearless commitment to exposing the truth. Before he…
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17 November
PRINCIPLED LEADER
Rienzie Wijetilleke Hatton National Bank In his own words quoted in the preface to a book written about him, Rienzie Wijetilleke has said: “I do believe that every person is…
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17 November
INIMITABLE IDEATION
Nahil Wijesuriya East West Group of Companies The enormous glass window of his 24th floor penthouse in Colombo affords this most dynamic of Sri Lankan entrepreneurs a nostalgic view: at…
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16 November
ENERGETIC GIANT
Mallory Wijesinghe Bartleet Group The Public Works Department in which he had hoped to find a suitable career proved too oppressive to the 23-year-old who had qualified in civil engineering…
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16 November
INTREPID INVESTOR
Chandra Wijenaike Central Finance The story goes that Chandra Wijenaike had a friend who owned a car showroom in Kandy who said that when he needed to obtain financing, he…
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16 November
THE THINK TANK
N. G. (Tanky) Wickremeratne Hayleys The Hayleys Group is one of Sri Lanka’s largest conglomerates and Nirmala Gihan (Tanky) Wickremeratne joined the operation in 1971, at the beginning of his…
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