CEO Magazine Sri Lanka

15/08/2025

Rolls-Royce’s plan to power artificial intelligence (AI) with its nuclear reactors could make it the UK’s most valuable company, its boss has said.

Rolls-Royce’s plan to power artificial intelligence (AI) with its nuclear reactors could make it the UK’s most valuable company, its boss has said. The engineering firm has signed deals to provide small modular reactors (SMRs) to the UK and Czech governments. AI has boomed in popularity since 20...

15/08/2025

X owner Musk has threatened Apple with legal action after claiming it had made it “impossible” for apps to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI in the store.

Apple has rejected accusations from Elon Musk that its App Store stifles competiton, insisting it is “designed to be free and fair of bias.” X owner Musk has threatened Apple with legal action after claiming it had made it “impossible” for apps to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI in the sto...

14/08/2025

CEO Magazine is proud to recognize Barista Sri Lanka as one of the Top 25 Most Valuable Brands for 2025, honoring their exceptional brand performance, market influence, and remarkable achievements over the past year.

14/08/2025

CEO Magazine is proud to recognize Amari Colombo one of the Top 25 Most Valuable Brands for 2025, honoring their exceptional brand performance, market influence, and remarkable achievements over the past year.

14/08/2025

CEO Magazine is proud to recognize AIA Sri Lanka as one of the Top 25 Most Valuable Brands for 2025, honoring their exceptional brand performance, market influence, and remarkable achievements over the past year.

14/08/2025

CEO Magazine is proud to recognize Agrovista as one of the Top 25 Most Valuable Brands for 2025, honoring their exceptional brand performance, market influence, and remarkable achievements over the past year.

14/08/2025

CEO Magazine is proud to recognize Acacia Fabrics - Sri Lanka as one of the Top 25 Most Valuable Brands for 2025, honoring their exceptional brand performance, market influence, and remarkable achievements over the past year.

14/08/2025

Top 25 Brands of 2025
Honoring Industry Excellence

CEO Magazine is pleased to present the Top 25 Brands for 2025, recognizing organizations that have demonstrated exceptional brand performance, market leadership, and significant achievements over the past year.

Each of these distinguished brands has excelled through strategic vision, innovation, and a steadfast commitment to excellence, earning a prominent place in this year’s ranking. Their contributions continue to shape industries, set benchmarks, and inspire the business community.

We take great pride in acknowledging these outstanding brands and their remarkable accomplishments for 2025.

Congratulations to all honorees!

14/08/2025

Artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover bid for the world’s most popular web browser, Google Chrome.

Artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover bid for the world’s most popular web browser, Google Chrome. The three-year-old firm, whose backers include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and chip maker Nvidia, is headed by a former Google and OpenAI employ...

14/08/2025

In Eneabba, Western Australia, there’s a huge stockpile of rare earth minerals that are vital for making products such as electric cars, wind turbines, and defence gear. Australia is investing a billion dollars in a mining project to try to reduce China’s control over the global supply of these minerals.

Drive three hours north of Perth, and you’ll arrive in Eneabba – barren and desolate, just the odd hill in the distance. This is Western Australia mining territory. Buried in this vast terrain is a massive pit, full of what looks like mounds of worthless dirt. But appearances can be deceiving: t...

12/08/2025

An Indian tycoon’s sudden death in June has triggered a fierce inheritance battle at an Indian automotive giant.

An Indian tycoon’s sudden death in June has triggered a fierce inheritance battle at an Indian automotive giant. Sunjay Kapur, 53, suffered a heart attack on 12 June while playing polo in Surrey in the UK. He was an heir to Sona Comstar, a $3.6bn (£2.7bn) business empire he inherited from his fat...

12/08/2025

This millions-of-years-old piece of the Red Planet, the largest ever found on Earth, fetched $4.3m (£3.2m) at Sotheby’s. Like the buyer, the seller was kept anonymous. But it is unclear if any of this money went to Niger.

“Brazen! It is brazen!” Prof Paul Sereno says down the phone line from Chicago. He makes no effort to disguise his anger that a rare meteorite from Mars discovered two years ago in the West African nation of Niger ended up being auctioned off in New York last month to an unnamed buyer. The palae...