Editing Roshan Perera

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| name       = 	Roshan Perera
| image      = 	Roshan_Perera.jpg
| occupation = Businessman
}}


'''Roshan Perera''' (born 2 April 1976) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka Sri Lankan] entrepreneur, business magnate, investor, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy philanthropist].[1] He was also the CEO of Bellucci Sri Lanka (pvt) Ltd in 1996,[2] which he made into Asia's largest ceramic figurine manufacturing company.[3][4] He eventually owned the company while employing over 5,000 staff members. The company was the flagship supplier to multinational companies such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company Disney], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark Hallmark] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart Walmart].

At 22, he was considered the youngest Sri Lankan billionaire [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurship entrepreneur][5] to run organizations with over 10 billion [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_rupee Sri Lankan rupees] turnover. By 2001, his business empire was diversified into branches for ceramics, agriculture, packaging, freight-forwarding, clothing and fashion, and media and investments.[6][7]

==Career==
After dropping out of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Business_School Harvard Business School] and returning home, he developed the contact he had made with Disney, in particular with the then Disney CEO [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eisner Michael Eisner].[8] He convinced Disney to visit Sri Lanka in 1996 braving the civil war that ravaged the country[9] This was the breakthrough the country needed: Disney was the world's only Fortune 500 company to purchase goods from the war-torn island, which laid the foundation for other companies such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark Hallmark] to follow suit and boost the economy of Sri Lanka.[10]

Unhappy with simply manufacturing figurines for international brands, Perera launched his own brand named Bellucci.[11][12]

==Beauty Pageants==
Roshan Perera is the Franchisee for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sri_Lanka_Online 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sri_Lanka_Online Maria Colombage] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Fernandez Jacqueline Fernandez].[19][20][21][22][23]

==Other ventures==
His main investment is considered to be "Lanka SS", the company he inherited from his father, which manufactures [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_skate ice skates]. The flagship company Platinum Holdings is considered to have investments diversified in countries from Australia to India.[24]
In agriculture, the company is currently popularizing traditional rice varieties[25] known as the Miracle Rice of Sri Lanka.[26][27][28][29] Over 10,000 acres of farm land is used for this purpose.[30][31][32]

==Interests==
He was the youngest major donor to Sri Lanka's largest [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_International Rotary Club] and subsequently became its President.[33][34][35][36][37]

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