What do you give a billionaire who has everything he needs and then some? One fan came up with a unique gift for Lulu Group chairman MA Yusuff Ali - a watch featuring a photograph of the billionaire’s mother.
MA Yusuff Ali receives a watch from a fan (Instagram/@ma.yusuffali)
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Kerala-born Yusuff Ali is the chairman and managing director of Lulu Group, which has 256 hypermarkets and malls in the Gulf and in India. His personal net worth exceeds $8.9 billion, according to Forbes.
The Abu Dhabi-based businessman was recently in Kerala to attend his niece’s wedding, when he was presented with a watch featuring a photograph of his mother.
“I saw a video of you speaking about your mother and how much you love her,” the man who gave him the watch was heard saying in a video.
“Everyone loves their mothers, it's not just me. Who in the world does not love their mother?” the Lulu Group billionaire responded.
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“This is for someone who loves their mother very much. It has an engraving of your mother... it's a water-proof watch,” the fan then said, presenting Ali with the watch and requesting the businessman for a photograph.
Take a look at the video below:
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“This is for someone who loves their mother very much. It has an engraving of your mother... it's a water-proof watch,” the fan then said, presenting Ali with the watch and requesting the businessman for a photograph.
Take a look at the video below:
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According to Gulf News, Ali lost both his parents in a car crash in 2001. They were travelling from Dubai to Abu Dhabi when the accident occurred.
Yusuff Ali was recently in Kerala to attend the wedding of his cousin’s daughter. Lulu Group director MA Salim’s daughter Naurin tied the knot in a high-profile wedding in Thrissur, which was attended by celebrities, politicians and other VIPs.
Ali was filmed greeting guests at the wedding, which took place at Thrissur’s Hyatt Regency Convention Centre. Superstar Rajinikanth also flew down to attend the ceremony, where other guests included former president Ram Nath Kovind, former union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, UAE Minister of Finance Abdullah Bin Tauq Al Marri and more.
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.
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