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126 years ago 1890 headquarters manama bahrain key people mubarak bin jassim bin kanoo group chairman & chairman bahrain website official website established in 1890 the yusuf bin ahmed kanoo group of companies named after its founder is among the oldest pan persian gulf conglomerate with commercial enterprise activities in saudi arabia bahrain the united arab emirates oman yemen and qatar . 1 contents 1 history 2 about kanoo group 3 references 4 external links history edit the kanoo s beginning as traders in bahrain which at the time was a british protectorate the kanoo family expanded into shipping sending different branches of the family to establish themselves eventually becoming citizens in the uae oman and saudi arabia . today the kanoo group activities in each of the countries is managed by the local family wing though they all remain under the ultimate control and ownership of the bahrain based yusuf bin ahmed kanoo holdings . the company grew during the 1970s oil boom from a trading and shipping business into one of the most diversified companies in the region involved in travel holidays machinery oil & gas power and industrial projects exhibition services logistics and other retail and commercial activities . in may 2011 yusuf bin ahmed kanoo was awarded the outstanding sales achievement award for 2010 by korean air . 2 about kanoo group edit yusuf bin ahmed kanoo w.l.l is one of the largest & oldest independent family owned group of companies in the persian gulf region . established in 1890 by haji yusuf bin ahmed bin kanoo the group grew from its early trading and shipping business to become one of the most diversified and highly regarded business houses in the persian gulf region and beyond . the kanoo group is a diversified business conglomerate with business activities across the world s most dynamic industries from shipping travel holidays machinery oil & gas power & industrial projects to exhibition services courier services logistics specialty chemicals business centers and other retail & commercial activities . it operates the largest travel and leisure company in the middle east . citation needed in addition the kanoo group has a history in forming joint ventures with companies serving the service and industrial sectors such as axa insurance maersk basf johnson arabia akzo nobel freightworks larsen & toubro to name a few . citation needed major divisions of yba kanoo travel & holidays shipping cargo commercial machinery chemicals properties oil & gas information technology power & industrial projects insurance retail foreign exchange construction airport services aviation sector hotels drinking water ship repair engineering manufacturing yba kanoo operates in bahrain saudi arabia united arab emirates oman qatar yemen india egypt united kingdom france references edit anthony shoult 2006 . doing business with saudi arabia . gmb publishing ltd. p. 618 . isbn 978 1 905050 67 3 . retrieved 9 december 2013 . yusuf bin ahmed kanoo gsa wins outstanding sales achievement award for 2010 from korean air prlog . prlog.org . 2011 . retrieved 25 august 2011 . outstanding sales achievement award for 2010 by korean external links edit official website this saudi arabia related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yusuf bin ahmed kanoo & oldid 730890921 categories companies of bahraincompanies of saudi arabiacompanies of the united arab emiratesconglomerate companies of bahraincompanies of omancompanies established in 1890saudi arabia stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2007all articles needing additional referencesarticles with peacock terms from december 2010all articles with peacock termsarticles with topics of unclear notability from december 2010all articles with topics of unclear notabilityofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2012all stub articles 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 page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 16 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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