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Haii Yusuf Bin Ah Kanoo torv:

KHALID M٠ KANOO

HA٧‫ﻵﺍ‬UF BIN AHMED KANOO ORY

h Yusuf Bin Ah Kanoo group of copanis bgan if in 1890 in

Bahrain. oay, or than 100 yars atr, it is sti haquartr, an a

aing forc, in Bahrain but its ntwork now xtns haviy into aui

Arabia, th Unit Arab Eirats an Oan. ١n aition to this, an its

Lonon Offic, it is in joint vntur with copanis fro UA, U«, Australia,

ingapor, Hoan, witzran, Dnark an Franc.

A far cry fro 100 yars ago whn th fif‫ا‬n yar ol Yusuf borrow

ony to iport ats fro raq, woo fro nia an oi an rops fro

Africa to s to th how captains an consurs of th rgion. [hroughout,

it has rain a faiy copany an toay th fourth gnration is oving

soothy into position, hroughout it has bn sustain by a workforc

whos oyaty has bn truy arn an toay htat workforc is incrasingy

rawn fro th oca popuation, continuing voution.

Yusuf Bin Ah Kanoo cbrat its cntnary in 1990., his group of

coapnis is a faiy-run businss whos ntwork ncopasss th Guf

Cooprativ Counci tats an Lonon, h copany, na af‫ا‬r its

founr, Haji Yusuf Bin Ah Kanoo, who with his wto nw nphws, Ai an

Jassi Moha Kanoo, stabish th founations fro which th

currnt sharhors, thir scnants, anag an oprat toay. n a

worl, whr of‫ا‬n th phra suprss th constant, it wou b

sha to aow this occasion to go unark. ١n this ight, th Kanoo faiy

wou ik to shar with you so orab onts fro th annas of

thir history.

h Founrs - h aitiona Way

h Kanoo story, in any rspcts is an voution fro th traitiona
thos of businss to th orn ag of businss ainistration. 1890 saw
a young Yusuf ngag in tra with his fathr, Ah who in turn succss
fro his fathr bfor hi. Howvr, it was uring Haji Yusufs ti that th
turning point for th Hous of Kanoo bgan, an th ta of th Kanoo
copanis as w know th toay was first forg.