Brown and Company
Logo of Brown and Company | |
| Company type | Public |
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| CSE: BRWN.N0000 | |
| ISIN | LK0018N00008 |
| Industry | Holding company |
| Founded | 1875 in Hatton, Sri Lanka |
| Founder | James Brown |
| Headquarters | , Sri Lanka |
Key people |
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| Revenue | LKR72,652 million (2023) |
| LKR(11,108) million (2023) | |
| LKR(12,528) million (2023) | |
| Total assets | LKR466,854 million (2023) |
| Total equity | LKR72,642 million (2023) |
Number of employees | 597 (2023) |
| Parent | LOLC Holdings |
| Subsidiaries | See text |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references | |
Brown and Company PLC, sometimes called Browns Group, is a conglomerate holding company in Sri Lanka. The company was founded by James Brown, a 25-year-old engineer and mechanic from London who arrived in Ceylon in 1872. In 1892, the company was incorporated and in 1991 the company became a listed company on the Colombo Stock Exchange. The company was included in S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index in June 2021. Brown and Company is one of the LMD 100 companies, an annual list of Sri Lankan listed companies by revenue, having ranked 42nd in the 2020/21 edition.