LEGENDS OF BUSINESS
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NEW WORLD MOGUL
Deshamanya H. K. Dharmadasa Nawaloka Group Some roads to success are a trudge; utterly daunting for anyone without the remotest of advantages in life but who still has dreams and…
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GENETIC TRAITS
Deshabandu Tilak de Zoysa Associated Motorways He has had some rather large footsteps to walk in – and he has done so undaunted, with an élan and humanity all his…
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GENEROUS ENTERPRISE
Sir Cyril de Zoysa Associated Motorways Sir Cyril de Zoysa left an indelible mark on the history of a nation – not merely on a chapter of Sri Lanka’s business…
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FAMILY TRADITIONS
Deshamanya Ajita de Zoysa Associated Motorways We go back in time to 1949 to seek the roots of this leader of business, to when Associated Motorways (AMW) was established. It…
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HIGHER PURPOSE
Eardley de Silva Alliance Finance Losing a parent at any age is hard to countenance. But to lose one’s father at the young age of 12 must have been especially…
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CORPORATE LAWYER
F. J. de Saram F. J. & G. de Saram Today, it is popular to deride colonialism and its aftermath; but there are undoubtedly those who will look back at…
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SERVING SERENDIP
Herbert Cooray Jetwing Hotels Once every so often, we encounter tales of fortune in which the twists of time have coalesced to produce something serendipitous. If Herbert (‘Herbie’) Cooray had…
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MARQUE JEWELLER
Thaha Cassim Colombo Jewellery Stores Behind every successful brand is a man or woman with a dream – one who is willing to put in the hard yards and go…
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GRACEFUL FINANCIER
Chrisantha Cooray Hatton National Bank Sri Lankans will recall Boxing Day in 2004 with great sadness for the Asian tsunami that swept away so many lives, and led to inconceivable…
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THE MERITOCRAT
Deshamanya Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy Central Bank of Sri Lanka The appointment of Deshamanya Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, a highly regarded economist, as the 14th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri…
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