– by Faraz Shauketaly for the Rich List Company
Miss Otara Del Gunewardene founded ODEL in 1989 since then ODEL has grown to a chain of 13 denitie fashion and lifestle stores. Its 40,000 sq ft flagship store in Colombo is referred to as the ‘mansion of stle’ due to its colonial structure, and has been called the Harrods and Harvey Nicholls of Sri Lanka.
