NRI PROFILE
Diploma and Bachelors in
Business Administration.
In 1973 after his studies, he
moved to Abu Dabi, where
Abdullah, his paternal uncle
took care of the Lulu group
of companies and dealt with
wholesale and distribution
in the supermarket business
launching Lulu hypermarket,
this hypermarket started
when UAE’s retail sector
saw a change in the 1990s.
Yusuff Ali took over the retail
business in Abu Dhabi.
His Good Work
In Arab states of Gulf and
India, Yusuff Ali is engaged
in social, charitable and
humanitarian activities.
Precisely, he has completed
various philanthropic activities
over the world.
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1. The Lulu Group
He is an owner and
chairman of the Lulu Group
international that is known
worldwide as the Lule
Hypermarket chain and the
Lulu shopping mall.
He earns an annual turnover
of US$7.4 billion across the
globe. Many Indians outside
India are employed at LuLu
Group International.
As of 2018, according to
Forbes, He was the 21st
wealthiest Indian and the
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270th (as of 2018) richest in
the world.
In the Arab World 2018,
among the business owners
in the Arab World, Ali was
ranked No 1 amongst the 100
Indian Business Owners.
Personal Life
Yusuff Ali was born in 1955,
at Thrissur district in Kerala.
At Nattika, he completed his
collaborated with Dubai Cares
and adopted schools in Gaza
and Nepal as a part of the
Community Service Activity
and he opened a multi-faith
funeral center for the Indian
community in Sharjah.
2. Through Lulu
Hypermarket, he helped the
special needs community
by encouraging them to sell
organic products.
3. He contributed during the
earthquake in Gujarat, the
Tsunami Relief Fund in Asia