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Dulith Herath is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka’s largest e-commerce organization, kapruka.com and the co-founder of Grasshoppers Pvt. Ltd. which provides logistics solutions to small enterprises in Sri Lanka. Herath received Eisenhower Fellowship for his project Grasshopper.

Early life & career
Dulith was born in Colombo. He did his schooling from Royal College, Colombo. Dulith graduated from the University of Kentucky.

After graduation, he worked with Microsoft. While working at Microsoft, Dulith founded Kapruka.com in February 2002. Kapruka was started with the idea of helping expats buy things for themselves and their loved ones in Sri Lanka. The website is now the largest e-commerce organization of Sri Lanka with over 300 brand names and 200 employees.

In 2013, Dulith introduced Kapruka global shop in Columbo, Sri Lanka where locals could buy products from western websites such as Amazon.com and eBay. These products will then be shipped into Sri Lanka from western countries on a fortnightly basis. The prices of the imported products could be pre-calculated using a proprerity import simulator by Kapruka, so customers know the landed price of the product prior to orders.

In 2016, Herath along with Dr. Harsha Liyanage started logistics solutions provider Grasshoppers Pvt. Ltd. This project was seed funded by AFF (www.aavishkaar.in) and recognized by United Nations as an enabler for e-commerce in developing countries.

Honors & awards

 * Asia Pacific Young Entrepreneur Award, 2013
 * Eisenhower Foundation Recognition, 2017