The Suhail Bahwan Group began selling general merchandise in Oman in 1965. Today, the company operates more than 40 companies and has businesses spread across the Gulf, North Africa, and South Asia. It employs 7,000 people and has the license to represent more than 100 global brands. The company has businesses in lifestyle, engineering and infrastructure, IT and telecom, chemicals and fertilizers, healthcare, logistics, and energy and power. The group’s chairman, Suhail Bahwan, had a net worth of $1.9 billion as of February 2024.