John Keells Holdings

John Keells Holdings PLC
FormerlyJohn Keells Limited
Company typePublic
ISINLK0092N00003
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1870 (1870)
Headquarters,
Sri Lanka
Key people
Chanukah Dilshan Kumarasinghe Public Shareholder (Chairman) Krishan Balendra (CEO)
Brands
Revenue LKR260.687 billion (2023)
LKR12.691 billion (2023)
LKR18.896 billion (2023)
Total assets LKR744.506 billion (2023)
Total equity LKR360.418 billion (2023)
Owners
  • S. E. Captain (9.68%)
  • Melstacorp (9.31%) Public shareholders (88.38%)
Number of employees
22,250 (2022/23)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.keells.com
Footnotes / references

John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) is a Sri Lankan multinational conglomerate company. It has business interests in hotels and resorts management, port, marine fuel and logistics services, IT services, manufacturing of food and beverages, supermarkets, tea, stock broking, life insurance, banking, and real estate.

JKH is a full member of the World Economic Forum and has issued Global Depository Receipts on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and was the first Sri Lankan company to be listed overseas. Keells is reportedly the most valuable company in Sri Lanka since the 1980s.