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Roshan Perera (born 2 April 1976) is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur, business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He was the CEO of Dainichi Creations (pvt) Ltd in 1996 which he geared to make it into Asia's largest ceramic figurine manufacturing company. He eventually owned the company employing over 5000 staff. The company was the flagship supplier to multinationals like Disney, Hallmark and Walmart. At 22, he was considered the youngest Sri Lankan billionaire entrepreneur〔Akhry, Ameer. (''A model working environment'' ) ''The Sunday Times'', 6 January 2002〕 to run organisations with over 10 billion Sri Lankan rupees turnover. By 2001, his business empire was diversified into ceramics, packaging, freight-forwarding, clothing and fashion, nightclubs and entertainment, media and investments. He was listed as one the richest person in Sri Lanka in the 1990s.He is known to have owned the first stretch limousine and a private helicopter in Sri Lanka.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=From a Jack to a King )〕 == Background == Mr. Perera was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has one sister, Dushika.〔http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2002/02/03/fea14.html〕 He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Colombo and then earned his degree at the University of Connecticut, graduating in Economics and Business Administration. After which he was accepted to Harvard University for his Masters, but returned to Sri Lanka due to his father's ill health and subsequent death. It was during this time that he managed to convince Disney〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=busine08 )〕 to consider purchasing its gift items from Sri Lanka〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spotlight )〕 This brought Sri Lanka into world recognition as an exporter other than Tea, This breakthrough helped the garment industry to penetrate Fortune 500 companies and is now Sri Lanka's largest export earner. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roshan Perera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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