Residence Colombo, Sri Lanka. Children Saroshi, Behman, Rusi | Spouse(s) P.N.Pestonjee Occupation Entrepreneur Name Aban Pestonjee | |
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Known for Chiarperson of Abans group of Companies | ||
Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 2017 - Entrepreneur - Aban Pestonjee
Aban Pestonjee (Sinhalese: අබාන් පෙස්ටොන්ජි), the chairperson and founder of the Abans group of companies and known as one of the first entrepreneurs who initiated in first bringing Korean technology to Sri Lankan consumers.
Contents
- Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 2017 Entrepreneur Aban Pestonjee
- Aban Pestonjee named Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2017
- Business Life
- Awards and honours
- References
Aban Pestonjee named Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2017
Business Life
She started off her business in 1968 in her home garage where she managed to restore the used appliances which she acquired from auctions and home sales to better working condition and sell them at her corner shop in Galle road.
In 1978, the economy opened up and there was a huge inflow of imported products. This led to an increased demand from the customers for quality global brands. First, she imported products from England, then from Thailand, China, Japan and Korea.
Abans Group is mainly divided into 5 business categories such as retail, services, logistics, manufacturing and real estate and infrastructure development under which come Abans (Pvt) Ltd, Abans automobile, Abans ABSTRACT, S.A. Electricals (Pvt) Ltd Services, Abans Central AC Division, Abans Finance, Abans Tours, AB Securities (Pvt) Ltd etc.