The Withanage group has been featured across several international publications covering finance, investment, technology, and global development.
Gulf Times
Gulf Times featured the performance of Rayo Withanage’s investment platforms, highlighting strong returns and renewed interest from institutional investors, alongside initiatives focused on deploying capital into artificial intelligence, fintech, and sustainable infrastructure across emerging markets.
L’Officiel Monaco
L’Officiel Monaco covered the transfer of Picasso’s final residence, Château de Vie, into a €350 million cultural investment vehicle, highlighting initiatives aimed at establishing a new model for creative production across art, film, and media while positioning the historic estate as a globally relevant platform for cultural and artistic collaboration.
GQ South Africa
Rayo Withanage was featured in GQ South Africa in a profile examining his evolution as a virtue capitalist, highlighting his transition from sovereign financier to impact-driven entrepreneur, and his role in developing large-scale investment platforms across artificial intelligence, fintech, and sustainable industry aligned with long-term global development priorities.
Bloomberg
Rayo Withanage & Scepter Partners were referenced by Bloomberg in connection with a takeover approach for Australian energy company Santos, highlighting a proposed multi-billion-dollar bid led through his investment platform, reflecting ambitions to deploy large-scale sovereign-backed capital into global energy assets and infrastructure.
The Wall Street Journal.
Rayo Withanage was featured in The Wall Street Journal in connection with his acquisition of Pablo Picasso’s final residence in Mougins, France, highlighting the purchase of the historic estate through his investment platform and its intended use in supporting arts programming and philanthropic initiatives linked to sustainable development.
Euromoney
Euromoney presents BMB Group as part of a broader shift in global finance away from traditional Western dominance toward networks of capital rooted in emerging markets and elite investor circles. It emphasizes long-term investment, cross-cultural financial integration, and a hybrid model that combines wealth generation with philanthropic or socially oriented initiatives.
Rolling Stone
Rayo Withanage was featured in Rolling Stone UK in connection with his work in media and philanthropy, highlighting initiatives focused on global development and cultural engagement.
Esquire Middle East
Esquire Middle East profiled Rayo Withanage’s transition from finance to philanthropy, outlining his career across investment platforms and emerging markets.
Business Insider Africa
Business Insider Africa describes Rayo Withanage as an influential financier and advisor to several of the world’s wealthiest royal families. The article covers his ownership of Pablo Picasso’s final residence in Mougins, where he is developing plans to transform the historic estate into a global creative hub.
TechRound
TechRound covered the Withanage family office’s investment into artificial intelligence platforms focused on the Global South, highlighting initiatives aimed at advancing data-driven governance and sustainable development through emerging technologies and a broader commitment to building large-scale AI investment vehicles.
London Loves Business
Rayo Withanage was featured in LondonLovesBusiness in connection with the Withanage family office’s investment into fintech platforms focused on the tokenisation of real-world assets, highlighting initiatives aimed at increasing liquidity, expanding access to ownership, and supporting the long-term preservation of cultural and environmental assets through emerging financial infrastructure.
ABC Money
ABC Money featured Rayo Withanage’s family office’s investment into fintech platforms focused on the tokenisation of cultural and environmental assets, highlighting initiatives aimed at unlocking new sources of capital, enhancing liquidity, and supporting the long-term preservation of real-world assets through emerging financial infrastructure.
The Upcoming
Rayo Withanage was featured in The Upcoming in connection with the Withanage family office’s investment into gaming and interactive media platforms for philanthropy, highlighting initiatives focused on using gamification to enhance engagement in fundraising and develop new technology-driven models for charitable giving.
Deadline.
Rayo Withanage was featured in Deadline News in connection with the Withanage family office’s development of tokenisation platforms for sustainable development, highlighting initiatives focused on unlocking the value of cultural and environmental assets, increasing liquidity, and supporting long-term conservation through emerging digital financial infrastructure.
San Francisco Examiner
Rayo Withanage was featured in the San Francisco Examiner regarding the Withanage Foundation’s launch of a new impact technology hub in California, highlighting initiatives focused on developing innovative models in media and technology to drive social and environmental outcomes aligned with global development goals.