George Steuart Group

George Steuart Group
Company typePrivately held
Industryvarious
Founded1835; 189 years ago (1835)
Headquarters
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
Key people
Dilith Jayaweera (Chairman)
Products
  • Health
  • Tea
  • Citrus - Leisure
  • Travel
  • Recruitment
  • Solutions[clarification needed]
  • Investments
  • Aviation
  • Insurance Brokers
  • Optimize
  • Laboratories
  • Capital
  • Seri Naturals

George Steuart Group of Companies (George Steuarts) is Sri Lanka's oldest mercantile establishment, having been established in 1835 during British occupation of Ceylon. It is the oldest surviving mercantile firm in the country, with a recorded history dating back to the early 19th century, and is the first on the register of companies in Sri Lanka[1][2]

Having begun operations as a merchant banker and then a produce broker, George Steuarts today includes businesses engaged in tea, exports, health, leisure, travel, real estate, telecommunications, shipping, insurance, solutions[clarification needed], recruitment and higher education.

  1. ^ Leonard, Elmo (7 January 2007). "George Steuarts unveils new logo". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference DFT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).