Background
Wijewardene, Ranjit Sujiva was born on June 30, 1937. Son of Don Richard and Ruby (Meedeniya) Wijewardene.
Wijewardene, Ranjit Sujiva was born on June 30, 1937. Son of Don Richard and Ruby (Meedeniya) Wijewardene.
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1959.
Chairman Associate Newspaper Ceylon Ltd., Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1959—1972, Lake House Printers & Publishers, Colombo, 1965—1973. Founder, chairman Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., since 1979. Public The Lanka Woman, since 1984, Sri Lankadeepa, since 1986, Sunday Times, since 1986, Lankadeepa, since 1991, Daily Mirror, since 1999, Irida Lankapeepa, Sirikatha, Tharunaya, Wijeya, Pariganaka.
Chairman & managing director Lake House Investments Ltd., Colombo, 1965—1973. Managing director Sarathi Ltd., Colombo, since 1971, Ranweli Resort Hotel Ltd., Colombo, since 1973. Board directors Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau, Colombo, 1985.
Member of Ceylon Turf, Ceylon Water Sports, Light Aviation Sri Lanka, National Liberal, England.
Married Ranjini Neela Senanayake, February 16, 1967. Children: Sujan, Irushi, Ruwan.