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M. A. Yusuff Ali Biography

M. A. Yusuff Ali is one of the most popular and richest Businessman who was born on November 15, 1955 in Nattika, Kerala, India.

LuLu Group International commenced its operations as a family business venture. After joining the business, Yusuff Ali diversified the business to include import and distribution of frozen products from Europe and the United States. The products were available not only in Abu Dhabi but also in other Emirates. The business was soon expanded to include both food and non-food categories. The group also started cold storages, meat, and food processing plants, large-scale import and distribution to hotel groups, catering companies, and shipping services. By the 1980s, the group had a sizable share of the wholesale and retail food market in the UAE.

The group has grown into an international group with operations spread over three continents. The group’s flagship retail chain of LuLu Hypermarkets and Supermarkets is currently rated as one of the major players in the Middle East retail sector with more than 100 stores in Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Apart from the hypermarkets, supermarkets and department stores, the group also owns several shopping malls, namely, Khalidiyah Mall, Al Raha Mall, Al Wahda Mall, Mushriff Mall, Madinat Zayed Mall, Mazyad Mall, Ramli Mall, RAK Mall, Al Foah Mall, Al Khor Mall, Riyadh Avenue Mall in Saudi Arabia and Oman Avenues Mall spread across the GCC states. LuLu International Shopping Mall in Kochi, Kerala was opened on 10 March 2013. It is the group’s first retail venture in India, and currently the largest shopping mall in India. A bigger mall is currently under construction in Trivandrum, and once opened is expected to be India’s second largest shopping mall. The Group has a vast organizational structure of over 40,000 employees, representing 37 different nationalities, out of which more than 25,000 are Indians. Retail business is the mainstay of the Group with operations in major Middle Eastern and African countries like UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and Kenya, having Retail Sourcing and manufacturing bases located in Far East, India, Africa and Guangzhou in China. Indian operations mainly include Food Processing, Export of Food & Non food products and convention center with bases in Trivandrum, Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Chennai, Cochin and Trichur. Deloitte has ranked the Group as one of the fastest growing retailers in the world.

NameM. A. Yusuff Ali
First NameAnthony
Last NameSwolfs
OccupationBusinessman
BirthdayNovember 15
Birth Year1955
Place of BirthNattika
Home TownKerala
Birth CountryIndia
Birth SignScorpio
Full/Birth Name
ParentsM.K. Abdul Qader
SiblingsAshraf Ali
SpouseShabira Yusuff Ali
Children(s)Yusuffali Shabeena, Yusuffali Shifa, Yusuffali Shafeena

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Yusuff Ali M. A. (full name Yusuff Ali Musaliam Veettil Abdul Kader – see Keralan naming conventions) is a UAE-based Indian billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of LuLu Group International that owns the LuLu Hypermarket chain worldwide and LuLu International Shopping Mall. With an annual turnover of US$7.4 billion, LuLu Group International employs the largest number of Indians outside India. According to Forbes, Yusuff Ali was ranked the 21st wealthiest Indian and the 270th (as of 2018) richest in the world, with a personal wealth of $5.2 billion. According to Forbes Middle East, Yusuff Ali was ranked No. 1 in Top 100 Indian business owners in the Arab World 2018. In 2013, Yusuff Ali acquired 4.99% of the Thrissur-based Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) and increased his stake in the Aluva-based Federal Bank to 4.47%. In 2016, Yusuff Ali purchased the Scotland Yard Building in London. As of 2013 he held a 9.37% share in Cochin International Airport. He has bought a 10% stake in the UK-based trading firm, East India Company, and a 40% stake in its fine foods subsidiary for around $85 million in total. The Lulu Bolgatty International Convention Centre on Bolghatty Island is one of the largest convention centres in South Asia, along with the third largest Grand Hyatt branded hotel in the same campus.

M. A. Yusuff Ali Net Worth

M. A. Yusuff Ali is one of the richest Businessman from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, M. A. Yusuff Ali's net worth 3.9 billion USD (2020). (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yusuff Ali was born in Thrissur district on 15 November 1955. He completed his schooling from Nattika where he did his diploma in Business Management and Administration. After the studies, he left India in 1973 to Abu Dhabi, where his paternal uncle, M K Abdullah, the chairman and the founder of the LuLu Group of companies, was doing business. He developed the import and wholesale distribution of the group and ventured into the supermarket business by launching Lulu Hypermarket. He started his first Lulu Hypermarket in the 1990s, a time when the UAE’s retail sector witnessed a major change, with the traditional groceries and supermarkets yielding place to large neighborhood stores and hypermarkets. While the entry of Continent (now Carrefour) in 1995 changed the face of retail business in Dubai, Yusuff Ali took charge of Abu Dhabi’s retail sector by rolling out LuLu Hypermarket.

Net Worth3.9 billion USD (2020)
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeBusinessman
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Yusuff Ali is very closely involved in many social, charitable and humanitarian activities both in India as well as in the Arab states of the Gulf. He has done various philanthropic activities across the globe. As part of its Global CSR policy, the LuLu Group joined hands with Dubai Cares and adopted schools in Gaza and Nepal. Yusuff Ali contributed and took initiative to open a multi-faith funeral centre for the Indian community in Sharjah that spread across 8.3 acres. He also took initiative to sell and promote organic products grown by the special needs community in UAE through LuLu Hypermarkets Yusuff Ali donated generously towards the Gujarat earthquake, Tsunami Relief Fund in Asia, and Typhoon and flood relief in other parts of the world. He also donated Rs 9.5 crores for relief and rehabilitation of Kerala flood victims in August 2018. He is also actively involved in ensuring the social, economic and religious welfare of expatriate Indians in the Persian Gulf region. He played a major role in finding land for the Christian community in the region to build churches, and secure cremation grounds for the Hindu populace in the Gulf region. M. A. Yusuff Ali also extended help to Indians during the amnesty period in the Persian Gulf when hundreds of Indians lost their livelihood. He helped rehabilitate people who lost their livelihood in the Calicut market fire as well. Yusuff Ali has pledged to donate of Rs 50 million (Dh2.5 million) for the flood-hit south Indian state of Kerala in the event of the 2019 Kerala floods .

Who is M. A. Yusuff Ali Dating?

According to our records, M. A. Yusuff Ali married to Shabira Yusuff Ali. As of December 1, 2023, M. A. Yusuff Ali’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Anthony Ranked on the list of most popular Businessman. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. M. A. Yusuff Ali celebrates birthday on November 15 of every year.

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