Al Yousuf LLC, which has interests in the automotive, marine, electronic, IT, real estate, construction and manufacturing industries, recently celebrated 50 years in business.

The company was founded by Yousuf Habib Al Yousuf.
“Over the past 50 years my father has watched the UAE, and in particular Dubai, grow into the regional and commercial leader that it is today,” said Eqbal Al Yousuf, the company’s vice chairman and son of the founder.
 He recalled that his father had participated in the early development of Dubai’s business landscape, right from the establishment of Dubai Electricity and the installation of Dubai’s first telephone exchange in the 1950s to the formation of the National Bank of Dubai in the early 1960s.
“Founded on the back of a shipment of rice husks from the Indian Subcontinent, Al Yousuf LLC has grown into a multi-billion-dirham business with a network of offices, showrooms and branches that extends beyond the UAE,” a company statement said. 
 “Al Yousuf LLC has developed relationships with many of the world’s great brands,” said Eqbal. “Our motors division alone counts General Motors, Yamaha, Daihatsu, Daewoo, Suzuki and AC Delco among its key business partners.  Add to that our long-term association with leading international technology and electronics innovators such as LG, Avaya, NEC, Epson, Western Digital and ViewSonic.”
Since 1986, the company’s turnover has grown five-fold.  It has subsidiaries and associate companies in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.