Yussuffali MA has built Lulu Group into one of the world’s largest retail operations, with a chain of 173 shopping malls and hypermarkets that generates an annual turnover of $7.4 billion globally. Lulu continues to grow and this summer it signed a distribution deal partnership with fast-growing Chinese smartphone giant Oppo. This June, Yussuffali was one of the first expats to receive the UAE’s gold card permanent residency.