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M. A. Kharafi and Sons

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Industry
  
Conglomerate

Headquarters
  
Kuwait City

Founded
  
1956

Website
  
makharafi.net

Revenue
  
4.5 billion USD (2013)

Number of employees
  
20,000

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Area served
  
Africa, Middle East, Albania, Belize, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Maldives & Netherlands

Key people
  
Nasser Al-Kharafi (Chairman) & (President) Fawzi Al-Kharafi (CEO)

Products
  
Aluminum, Asphalt, Computer, Concrete, Fertilizer, Food, Prefabricated construction supplies, Real Estate, Steel, Telecom, Wastewater treatment plants

Services
  
Airlines, Airports, Broker, Hotels, Travel services agents

Type of business
  
Private (Limited Liability)

Subsidiaries
  
Marsa Alam For Tourism Development

M.A. Kharafi & Sons (Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons W.L.L., Arabic: مجموعة الخرافي) is a private company based in Kuwait with a variety of commercial interests and revenues for 2006 estimated at USD$3.3 billion. The company was run by Nasser Al-Kharafi until his death in 2011. On April 15, 2006 the US doughnut retailer Krispy Kreme announced that MA Kharafi & Sons bought a 6.7 percent stake or 4.13m shares. Al-Kharafi is also a supplier and integrator to the newspaper industry in Kuwait. The Kharafi family was recently listed at 29th position in the Forbes magazine's list of the richest people in the world.

As of 30 March 2008

References

M. A. Kharafi & Sons Wikipedia