The story of Tamil Refugees who become billionaires.

Maheswaran Prabaharan is talking to Mr Ratheesan Yoganathan, one of Lebera's founders who visited Sydney along with co founder Leon to Opera House to launch Lebera's new entertainment product 'Lebera Play'. Mr Ratheesan is talking about his background, future plans, reasons for their success, etc. Interview arrangement: Sutharshan Arunthavanathan and Majintha Weerasekara. Lebara was founded in 2001 by Ratheesan Yoganathan, Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah. The founders worked on the idea at an airport cafe after seeing the imposing Telenor building on the way to the airport in Bergen, Norway. The name Lebara was coined from the first two letters of each of the founders' names. The company's initial product was international telephone calling cards, sold through independent mobile phone shops. In 2004, Lebara Mobile launched the first-ever low-cost international service in the Netherlands, selling SIM cards using mobile carrier Telfort. In 2009 it began using Vodafone's infrastructure in Australia and the UK. By then it had also expanded into Denmark, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. France was added in 2010.

Ratheesan Yoganathan Source: SBS