advertising and media automotive sales and services building and home construction products consumer credit consumer electronics retail consumer engineering fmcg wholesale and distribution food and beverage home furnishings retail insurance insulation manufacturing office automation oil and gas projects engineering shipping and transportation talent development travel founded kuwait 1932 headquarters al hamra tower kuwait city kuwait key people kutayba alghanim chairman omar k. alghanim ceo . products diversified number of employees 14 000 2015 1 website www.alghanim.com alghanim industries is one of the largest privately owned companies in the persian gulf region predominantly in kuwait . citation needed a multinational company in outlook with operations in 40 countries alghanim industries is a multi billion dollar conglomerate with more than 30 businesses . citation needed recently when they started project funding and loan disbursement to non uae middles east countries . citation needed alghanim industries claimed that it collected revenues of 2.5 billion in 2009 but has not disclosed its financial standing since . 1 the firm has established strongholds in the middle east india and turkey dealing with over 300 global brands and agencies . right now when however harvard educated omar alghanim has his eyes set firmly on expansion into the east . citation needed contents 1 alghanim story 2 today 3 see also 4 references alghanim story edit this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the alghanim family was among the original families to populate what would become kuwait and has a long history as commercial merchants in the region . in 1932 yusuf ahmed alghanim returned to kuwait from his studies abroad and took over his father s business which he built into a successful company . by the end of the 1930s he had established the reputation of alghanim throughout the middle east and was employing a labour force of more than 4000 people . under the guidance of yusuf the organisation grew and diversified over the next 40 years which further entrenched the alghanim name across the middle east . one of the key steps in this expansion was an association with general motors gm to introduce american made vehicles in kuwait the genesis of what is today one of the largest gm agencies in the world . during this period the group became known as yusuf ahmed alghanim & sons . from the early 1970s yusuf s son kutayba led the organisation and installed a western style management structure and decentralised decision making processes . they positioned the company as a diversified multinational corporation well placed for continued success locally and abroad . in the late 1970s and the early 1980s the holding company became known as alghanim industries with several business units and brands operating under its umbrella . some of the leading brands that alghanim associated with include hitachi british airways philips kirby building systems and frigidaire . throughout the 1990s and following the iraq war in 2003 the company formed marketing collaborations and strategic alliances with corporate giants such as xerox whirlpool haier lofra and american express . it also continued to open markets within the gcc and expand operations globally . yusuf s grandson omar kutayba alghanim joined the management ranks of the company in 2002 . omar alghanim is the strategic architect of alghanim s international growth strategy and continued drive . prior to joining alghanim industries omar alghanim worked as a financial analyst with morgan stanley in london focusing on corporate finance mergers and acquisitions in the middle east . he received his mba from harvard and his undergraduate degree from the stern school of business . 2 today edit alghanim industries holds the agencies for beko acer inc. acer yamaha sony samsonite samsung siemens nokia motorola kenwood fujitsu ibm dell casio cannon daewoo electrolux compaq konica minolta philips toshiba whirlpool and xerox among others . citation needed brands include safat alghanim alamana yusuf alghanim automotives wansa x cite by alghanim electronics bumper to bumper cruzer kirby kimmco rockwool india ltd alghanim freight impact & echo alghanim travel . citation needed outside of family business bassem alghanim is board member of the kuwait based gulf bank of kuwait in which alghanim industries holds a stake and also is the ceo of the middle east capital investment company in u.a.e. citation needed in 2010 omar and kutayba were accused of hiring a uk based private security firm to illegally hack bassam alghanim s email accounts in order to get an advantage in a lawsuit over how to separate the family s assets . 3 see also edit gulf bank of kuwait references edit a b arabian business inside the mind of omar alghanim 16 02 2015 . retrieved 2016 05 22 . art of copying arabian business alghanim industries . retrieved 2008 07 31 . bryan low cassell 2012 01 23 . hackers for hire are easy to find . the wall street journal . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alghanim industries & oldid 744588249 categories companies established in 1932companies of kuwaitconglomerate companies of kuwaithidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015vague or ambiguous time from october 2015articles needing additional references from may 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact 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