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Ratheesan Yoganathan
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Ratheesan Yoganathan

British entrepreneur (born 1975)

Ratheesan Yoganathan (born 6 December 1975) is a British entrepreneur who, with Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah, is best known as the co-founder of Lebara Group. On 10 August 2012 he took on the role of ex-chairman of Lebara Group and returned as CEO in March 2014.2

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Born Dec 6, 1975.1

About

He owns about one third of the company's stock. He read aeronautical engineering at Kingston University.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedKingston University3
  • Date not recordedHavering Sixth Form College3

Career

Occupation: co-founder, entrepreneur, chief executive officer.5

Ratheesan Yoganathan worked at an ICS outlet selling call-time cards. Later he managed the pricing department and worked in sales and marketing departement. At ICS, he made friends with two other Tamil colleagues, Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah, who eventually became his business partners.

Business

In 2001, Ratheesan Yoganathan, Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah founded the Lebara Group. Yoganathan ran Lebara as the CEO till August 2012 when it hired David Moffatt who was appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective 10 August 2012. Thereafter Yoganathan became the Chairman of Lebara Group, before returning as CEO in early 2014.

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Personal life

  • BornDec 6, 1975, Jaffna6
  • CitizenshipSri Lanka7
  • ResidenceLondon8

Philanthropy

Ratheesan Yoganathan along with co-founders Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah started Lebara Foundation, a charitable venture in 2005. His next big ambition is to expand Lebara Foundation, which is already building a community with homes, a school and a clinic for local and displaced children in Chennai, southern India. To fund it, he plans to donate half his wealth to the foundation.

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