Middle East retail king presides over $6.3 billion (revenue) LuLu Group, with 129 stores in the Gulf region, India, Egypt, Indonesia and Malaysia. New projects include a $300 million investment in Trivandrum in South India that will include a mall, hotel and convention center. The group's hospitality arm owns Dubai's first Steigenberger hotel, a German luxury hotel brand and a 50% stake in the Sheraton hotel in Muscat, which will reopen later this year after renovations.
The next generation seems well poised to carry the torch of Yusuff Ali and his LuLu Group
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Business leaders recall moments and relationships in their lives that have shaped the trajectory of their enterprise and ambition
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Shamsheer Vayalil, founder and chairman of Burjeel Holdings, has been building the biggest hospitals in the Gulf region over the last decade, and laying the groundwork to further expand the business empire
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Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan talk about being the sons and disciples of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, performing solo and as partners, and representing a centuries-old tradition to younger audiences
A photographic exhibition that captures the Bastar of an era and a lifestyle that no longer exists
It will protect companies from the threat of acquisitions and takeovers