John Keells Holdings

John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) is Sri Lanka’s second-largest listed company[2] in the Colombo Stock Exchange. From managing hotels and resorts in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to providing port, marine fuel and logistics services to IT solutions, manufacturing of food and beverages to running a chain of supermarkets, tea broking to stock broking, life insurance and banking to real estate, the Group of companies has made our presence felt in virtually every major sphere of the economy.

John Keells Holdings PLC
FormerlyJohn Keells Limited
TypePublic
IndustryConglomerate
PredecessorJohn Keells Limited
Founded1870 (1870)
Headquarters
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
Key people
Krishan Balendra (Chairman)
Brands
Revenue Rs 140.043 billion (2019)[1]
Rs 12.432 billion (2019)[1]
Rs 9.741 billion (2019)[1]
Total assets Rs 436.944 billion (2019)[1]
Total equity Rs243.723 billion (2019)[1]
OwnerS E Captain (11.62%)[1]
Citigroup (10.76%)[1]
Number of employees
 20,578 (2019)[1]
SubsidiariesJohn Keells PLC
Tea Smallholder

Factories PLC
Asian Hotels and Properties PLC
Trans Asia Hotels PLC
John Keells

Hotels PLC
Ceylon Cold Stores
Keells Food Products PLC
Union Assurance
Websitewww.keells.com

JKH is a full member of the World Economic Forum and having issued Global Depository Receipts on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange, and was the first Sri Lankan company to be listed overseas. As a Member of the Global Compact – the United Nations-sponsored international corporate citizenship initiative, JKH is also committed to sustainable development and greater social responsibility, in a multi-stakeholder context.

History

The operations of John Keells Group commenced in 1870 as a produce broker in tea, the most thriving industry in the country at that time. In 2020 the Group Celebrated 150 years. Read more : https://keells.com/our-150-year-journey

References
  1. "John Keells Holdings 2020-19 Annual Report" (PDF). Colombo Stock Exchange. pp. 186, 275. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. http://www.dailymirror.lk/business_247/LOLC-dethrones-JKH-to-become-most-valuable-corporate-on-CSE/395-204591
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