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Killi will loom even larger in death than in life Source:-www.ft.lk It was early 2005, a few months after I had been made the CEO of Rivira Media Corporation. I had been warned that the media industry was a cutthroat one, and to expect little help for a fledgling newspaper like Rivira. Still I decided to reach out to the heads of some electronic media organisations to see if we could work together. Amongst those I emailed was the MTN Networks Chairman Raj Rajamahendran, better known as Killi Maharaja. I introduced myself and the newspaper and asked if I could meet him at his convenience. Having sent the email, I took a moment to scoff at my own hubris. Mr. Rajamahendran was not just the head of the country’s largest private broadcasting empire, he also chaired dozens of companies in areas as diverse as manufacturing and infrastructure development. There was ...