M. A. Yusuff Ali, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

M. A. Yusuff Ali

Indian businessman

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1955

Place of Birth: Nattika Grama Panchayath, Kerala, India

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Yusuff Ali M.
A.
(full name Yusuff Ali Musaliam Veettil Abdul Kader - see Keralan naming conventions) is a UAE based Indian billionaire, businessman and Padma Shri award winner from Nattika, Thrissur district, Kerala.
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 globally, 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% equity in the 93-year-old Thrissur-based Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) and increased his stake in the Aluva-based Federal Bank to 4.47 per cent.
In 2016, Yusuff Ali purchased the Scotland Yard Building in London.
As of 2013 he held a 9.37 per cent share in Cochin International Airport.
He has bought a 10 per cent stake in the UK-based trading firm, East India Company, and a 40 per cent stake in its fine foods subsidiary for around $85 million in total.
Lulu's project of Lulu Bolgatty International Convention Centre in 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.