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M. A. Kharafi & Sons

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 $3.3 billion.[citation needed] The company was run by Nasser Al-Kharafi until his death in 2011. On 15 April 2006, the US doughnut retailer Krispy Kreme announced that M.A. Kharafi & Sons bought a 6.7 percent stake, or 4.13 million shares.[citation needed] Al-Kharafi is also a supplier and integrator to the newspaper industry in Kuwait. In 2011 the Kharafi family was listed at 77th position in Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people.[1][2]

Mohamed Abdulmohsin Al Kharafi and Sons Company
مجموعة الخرافي
Company typePrivate (Limited Liability)
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1956
HeadquartersSafat, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Area served
Africa, Middle East, Albania, Belize, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Maldives & Netherlands
Key people
Nasser Al-Kharafi (chairman)​ &​ (president)
Fawzi Al-Kharafi (CEO)
ProductsAluminum, Asphalt, Computer, Concrete, Fertilizer, Food, Prefabricated construction supplies, Real Estate, Steel, Telecom, Wastewater treatment plants
ServicesAirlines, Airports, Broker, Hotels, Travel services agents
RevenueUS$ 4.5 Billion (2008)
Number of employees
20,000 (2008)
Websitemakharafi.net

The company was founded by Mohamed Abdul Mohsen Al Kharafi in 1956 as a contracting company.[3]

The company sold its shares in Americana in 2016 for $2.3 billion.[4]

In May 2015, Fawzi Al-Kharafi was delegated and assigned by the family as a chairman and president.[5] He died in 2021.[6]

Organization structure and related entities edit

M.A. Kharafi & Sons is a privately-owned limited liability company.[7] It has subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the construction, tourism real estate, and food and food processing sectors.[8]

Subsidiaries, associates and affiliates edit

Name Country Holding
Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company[9]   Kuwait 100.00%
Al Nasser Real Estate Company   Lebanon 100.00%
Emak Paper Manufacturing Company[10]   Egypt 100.00%
Kharafi Construction[11]   Kuwait 100.00%
Kuwait United Company[12]   Kuwait 100.00%
Kuwaiti British Readymix Company[13]   Kuwait 100.00%
LMAK for Agencies and Trading Company   Lebanon 100.00%
Lebanese Real Estate Commercial Company   Lebanon 100.00%
Lebanese Utilities Company   Lebanon 100.00%
M A Kharafi Construction[14]   South Africa 100.00%
M A Kharafi and Sons Company - Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabia 100.00%
M A Kharafi and Sons Company - The Gambia[15]   The Gambia 100.00%
M A Kharafi and Sons Company (MAK)[8]   Kuwait 100.00%
MAK Bulgaria   Bulgaria 100.00%
MAK Contracting   Lebanon 100.00%
MAK Hospitality and Touristic Investmests   Lebanon 100.00%
MAK Hospitality and Touristic Investments - Syria   Syria 100.00%
MAK Lebanon   Lebanon 100.00%
MAK Pty   Botswana 100.00%
Marsa Alam Tourism Development Company[16]   Egypt 100.00%
Mohamed Abdulmohsin Al Kharafi and Sons   Tanzania 100.00%
Sovereign Hospitality Holdings   Switzerland 100.00%
Sovereign Hospitality Holdings - Egypt (via Sovereign Hospitality Holdings)   Egypt 100.00%
Alexandria Fertilizers Company   Egypt 85.00%
Kharafi National Company[17]   Kuwait 80.00%
Arab Company for Computer Manufacturing[18]   Egypt 71.00%
Arab Aluminium[19]   Egypt 68.00%
Kuwait Food Company (via Al Khair National Company for Stocks and Real Estate Company)   Kuwait 64.78%
National Investments Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)[20]   Kuwait 51.73%
Admak General Contracting Company   UAE 49.00%
Al Mal Investment Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)[21]   Kuwait 47.85%
AutoMak Automotive Company[22]   Kuwait 45.00%
Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)[23]   Kuwait 42.62%
Kuwait Cryo Industrial Company   Kuwait 40.00%
Coast Investment and Development Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)[24]   Kuwait 32.71%
Gulf Cement Company - UAE (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)[25]   UAE 26.33%
Alamiah Building Company[26]   Kuwait -
Albania Airlines MAK   Albania -
Aluminium Industries Company   Kuwait -
Al Qebla Al Watya - Kuwait   Kuwait -
Archi Systems Contractor   Kuwait -
AutoMak General Trading and Contracting Company - Kuwait[22]   Kuwait -
Aviation World MAK BV[27]   Netherlands -
Bubiyan Fisheries Company[28]   Kuwait -
Chateau Linza Hotel and Restaurant   Albania -
Credit Bank of Albania   Albania -
Cybermak Information Systems Company   Kuwait -
EMAK Contracting Company   Egypt -
EMAK International Academy   Egypt -
EMAK Marsa Alam for Management and Operation of Airports   Egypt -
EMAK Marsa Alam for Touristic Development and Urban Investment   Egypt -
EMAK Real Estate Development   Egypt -
EMAK for Agencies and Trading Company   Egypt -
EMAK for Tourism and Real Estate Development   Egypt -
EMAK for Utilities and Services   Egypt -
Egyptian Marsa Alam Aviation Services   Egypt -
Egyptian Packing and Wrapping Materials Company (Misr Packaging)   Egypt -
Egyptian Sponge (Misr Foam)   Egypt -
Emirates Utilities Holding Company (EUCH)   UAE -
Express Air and Travel   Egypt -
Gulf Insulating Materials   Kuwait -
Integrated Marketing Services   Egypt -
Isofoam Insulating Materials Plant[29]   Kuwait -
Isofoam SA   South Africa -
Kairaba Beach Hotel and Resort   The Gambia -
Kharafi Investments and Development - South Africa   South Africa -
Kiwan Tourist Investment Company   Syria -
Kuwaiti Iraqi Holding Company   Kuwait -
MAK Brake Lining Company   Egypt -
MAK Farm Foods[15]   The Gambia -
MAK Hospitality   South Africa -
MAK Travel and Tours   South Africa -
MAK Travel, Tourism and Airfreight Company   Kuwait -
MAK United for General Trading   Kuwait -
MAKXalto Advanced Card Technology   Egypt -
Mali Robit Golem Resort   Albania -
Marsa Alam for Touristic Development   Egypt -
Media Phone for General Trading   Kuwait -
Mosaic Stairs Factory   Kuwait -
National Company for Plastic Industries   Syria -
National Piling Company   Kuwait -
Pan Arab Research Center   UAE -
Pan Arab Research Center - Kuwait   Kuwait -
Sabhan Steel Factory   Kuwait -
Sheraton Aleppo Hotel and Towers   Syria -
Sheraton Tirana Hotel   Albania -
Star Taxi[30]   Syria -

Investments edit

Name Country Holding
Kuwait Pipe Industries and Oil Services Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)   Kuwait 15.82%
Gulf North Africa Holding Company   Kuwait 15.00%
Kuwaiti Syrian Holding Company   Kuwait 15.00%
Rasamny Younis Motor Company   Lebanon 12.80%
Mobile Telecommunications Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)   Kuwait 12.49%
Egypt Kuwait Holding Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)   Egypt 12.42%
National Industries Group Holding (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)   Kuwait 9.84%
National Slaughterhouse Company   Kuwait 9.35%
Kuwait Financial Centre (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)   Kuwait 7.2%
Al Razzi Holding Company   Kuwait 5.00%
National Ranges and Real Estate Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company)   Kuwait 5.00%
ABJ Engineering and Contracting Company   Kuwait 1.00%
Port Ghalib   Egypt -

Companies under management edit

Name Country Holding
Marsa Alam International Airport[31]   Egypt -

Developments and Projects edit

Name Country Holding
Kiwan   Syria -

See also edit

References edit

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