Rank: 78
Abdulla Yousif Fakhro Group
Country: Bahrain
Sector: Diversified
Establishment: 1888
Chairperson: Esam Abdulla Fakhro
Haji Yousif bin Abdulraman Fakhro, the group’s founder, inherited a dates and building materials trading business from his father. Today it has operations in the automotive, industrial, electronics, telecommunications, insurance, contracting, shipping, and logistics sectors. With operations in Bahrain, Iraq, the U.A.E., Qatar, and India, the group has strategic alliances with global partners such as Budget Rent- A-Car, BYD Auto, Mobil, Sony Ericsson, Cisco and McDonald’s. Chairman Esam Abdulla Fakhro also chairs Bahrain Cinema Company and serves as the deputy chairman of the National Bank of Bahrain.