Our Story - Sa Ventures

Our corporate journey has shaped Sri Lanka’s business landscape since 1947. We have evolved to be an epitome of success over the years with strategic diversifications in multiple business sectors whilst earning the trust of a diverse clientele both locally and internationally.

Founded by the late Deshamanya A.Y.S. Gnanam, the renowned corporate brand ‘St. Anthony’s, portrays its values that were inculcated by our late founder. This has paved the group’s way forward with groundbreaking success as we continue to uphold our organization culture with uncompromised values that surpass mere business performance.

our Legacy

St. Anthony’s Ventures Limited depicts a legacy built on values bestowed by the groups visionary founder, late Deshamanya A.Y.S. Gnanam who was born in a small village in South India. Moving to then Ceylon at a tender age of 9 years with his father and brother, young Gnanam’s journey was a leap of faith that led him to be respected and successful as a renowned business magnate in Sri Lanka. His legacy continues to date as the group grows from strength to strength.

At present, St. Anthony’s Ventures empowers a group of value driven professional organizations that synergize sustainable business acumen with uncompromised values that enrich humanity. We have diversified from sectors such as building material supplies to hospitality, leisure, agriculture, livestock, retail, e-commerce, ICT, BPO, construction and real estate whist upholding our core values of quality, resilience and integrity.

THE LATE DESHAMANYA A.Y.S. GNANAM
(1922 – 2007)

our vision

“To make synergistic sustainable investments that enhance people’s lives.”

our Mission

Ensuring that enterprises we invest in embrace sustainable values and take advantage of the synergies within the group.

Placing the customer first, by designing useful and high-quality products and services that the market needs.

Giving unnegotiable importance to the way the group goes about its business, by demonstrating integrity and the value and trust it places on its people.

OUR CORE VALUES

QUALITY

Our primary core value is QUALITY which surpasses observing, listening and learning from the market and its consumers; to create products and services that meet customer needs but instead we heed to our corporate ethos that uphold our personality traits, characteristics and attributes that reflect our quest towards quality in all aspects of our ventures.

RESILIENCE

Being a role model of RESILIENCE, we strive to continuously practice self-improvement and agility whilst driving innovation to sustain our relevance as business dynamics evolve. Moreover, we diversify into new enterprises that become necessary as the country’s macro-environment changes, while being cost-conscious, which gives us the ability to stay competitive and to overcome risks when the economy fluctuates.

INTEGRITY

Our two fold approach towards INTEGRITY is to first build trust and secondly build long-term relationships with all our stakeholders. This can only be achieved by recognizing that we are accountable for our actions. We firmly believe that nurturing longstanding relationships with our suppliers, our consumers and our teams will sustain our values in the years to come.