He was born on November 15, 1955, and his name is Yusuff Ali Musaliam Veettil Abdul Kader or M. A. Yusuff Ali. His age is approximately 69 or 70 years old. He was born in Nattika, Thrissur district, Kerala, which was previously called Travancore-Cochin.
Early Life and Background
Yusuf Ali was born to a poor Malayali Muslim family in a small village in Kerala. He attended St. Xavier’s High School in Karanchira and later got a diploma in Business Management and Administration. In 1973, when he was about 18 years old, he moved to Abu Dhabi to work for his uncle’s trading firm, the EMKE Group, and before long began building what would become LuLu Group International’s retail empire.
Highlights of My Professional Life
Under the leadership of Yusuff Ali, the LuLu Group grew into one of the region’s major retail businesses with a chain of supermarkets, hypermarkets, and malls across the Gulf, Middle East, Asia, and India.
The company has diversified into real estate, food processing, hospitality, retail, and international investments, like the purchase of the former Scotland Yard building in London.
In 2013 and the years that followed, strategic investments in Indian real estate and banks were made, further indicating his diversification beyond the retail sector.
Rough Physical Characteristics & Personal Life
He is married to Shabira Yusuff Ali. His three daughters—Shabeena, Shafeena, and Shifa—are also married into high-profile commercial and entrepreneurial circles.
Weight and height: His exact weight and height are not well-documented in publicly available, reliable sources; therefore, they are approximate/unconfirmed.
Financial Situation and Net Worth (2025)
His net worth, according to Forbes Middle East and other lists, has been estimated at about US$7.6 billion in recent years, as of a May 2024 listing.
He is listed once more as the wealthiest Malayali in the world in 2025, with one source estimating his wealth for the year at about US$5.5 billion (47,000 crores).
As reported by some media outlets in late 2024, his net worth was approximately ₹73,000 crore, roughly US$7.8 billion, in September and October 2024.
He remains one of the leading business tycoons in India and among the world’s billionaires because of his ownership in a large retail network across several continents.
Additional Information
According to reports, his business employs thousands of Indian expatriates in the Gulf area.
He has philanthropic activities; for example, he has supported relief/charitable efforts, such as those in India following natural disasters.
Though a Gulf-based businessman, he still has a strong connection with Kerala, his home state, and has a substantial residential and asset base there, besides investments.
