Who owns Gold?
Gold, a personal-care brand, is owned by Hemas (Sri Lanka, CSE: HHL.N0000).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hemas Holdings PLC Annual Report 2025/26. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hemas Holdings PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Deodorants, shaving & grooming › Men's grooming
- Parent ticker
- CSE: HHL.N0000
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Gold
Gold is a Sri Lankan men's grooming brand from Hemas, sold as cologne sprays, deodorant sprays, hair gel and hair cream, and more recently a skin care range with a face wash and face cream. Its advertising is built around a heroic, exaggeratedly masculine figure, and in the year to March 2026 Hemas added a Gold hair wax to the range.
Ownership timeline of Gold
Where Gold sits in Hemas
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Hemas brand portfolio (10) →
Other brands owned by Hemas
Hemas controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Other brands in men's grooming, and who owns them
The 16 brands in men's grooming on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Procter & Gamble, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Smart And Handsome | Emami | 🇮🇳 India |
| GATSBY | Mandom | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Braun | Procter & Gamble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Alpecin | Dr. Wolff Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Cremo | Edgewell | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Duel | Lion Match Company | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Harry's | Mammoth Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Philips OneBlade | Philips | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
About the owner: Hemas
Hemas is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1948. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as CSE: HHL.N0000.
Hemas Holdings is a Colombo group incorporated in 1948 that works in three sectors: consumer brands, healthcare and mobility. Consumer brands earned 36.9 per cent of group revenue in the year to 31 March 2026, from household and personal care products made by Hemas Manufacturing, a hair oil business in Bangladesh and Atlas school stationery, and Hemas has proposed buying a stationery maker in Kenya. Healthcare covers pharmaceutical distribution, the drug maker Morison and hospitals. No shareholder controls the company: its four largest each held between 14.8 and 15.7 per cent.
🇱🇰 Gold and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 60 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Gold is not one of them.
- Ambewela — Lanka Milk Foods 🇱🇰
- Bison — DCSL 🇱🇰
- Cargills Food City — Cargills 🇱🇰
- Causeway Paints — Asian Paints 🇮🇳
- Cinnamon Air — Saffron Aviation 🇱🇰
- Daintee — Sunshine Holdings 🇱🇰
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Gold?
The parent company of Gold is Hemas, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Gold Sri Lankan?
Yes. Gold originated in Sri Lanka and its owner, Hemas, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Gold still owned by Hemas?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Gold is still owned by Hemas. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Hemas Holdings PLC Annual Report 2025/26 — Hemas Holdings PLC, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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