Founded in 1946, Ebrahim A. Juffali and Brothers has been one of the largest conglomerates in Saudi Arabia since the 1970s. The company brought widespread electricity and telecommunications to the kingdom, and has since entered sectors including construction, insurance, television and vehicle manufacturing and distribution.
The company has joint venture partnerships with Daimler AG, Bosch, Dow Chemical, Fluor Corp, Carrier, DuPont, Ericsson, IBM, Liebherr, Michelin, Massey Ferguson, Siemens AG, Nabors Industries. Since the deaths of Ebrahim and his brother Ali in the 1990s, the company has been run by their sons Khaled and Walid Al Juffali, the later of whom is the most high profile of the family. Sixty-year-old Walid Al Juffali has become as well known for his personal flamboyancy, including marrying a 25-year-old Lebanese model and TV presenter in a lavish grand ball ceremony in Venice in 2012, while he was still married to a former Pirelli calendar model, who is now suing him for his three UK mansions.
He also attracted headlines last year for his appointment as a diplomat representing the island nation of St Lucia, despite not holding citizenship. The role affords him illegal immunity in the UK. He also possesses two Knighthoods, including from the Vatican, where he is a member of the Papal Order of St Sylvester.
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