# 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. 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. 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.
The company was founded by Mohamed Abdul Mohsen Al Kharafi in 1956 as a contracting company.
The company sold its shares in Americana to Mohamed Al Abbar, (who is one of the founders of Emaar) in 2016 for $2.3 billion.
In May 2015, Fawzi Al-Kharafi was delegated and assigned by the family as a chairman and president following the death of Jassim. He died in 2021.

## Organization structure and related entities

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

## Subsidiaries, associates and affiliates

| Name | Country | Holding |
| Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company | Kuwait | 100.00% |
| Al Nasser Real Estate Company | Lebanon | 100.00% |
| Emak Paper Manufacturing Company | Egypt | 100.00% |
| Kharafi Construction | Kuwait | 100.00% |
| Kuwait United Company | Kuwait | 100.00% |
| Kuwaiti British Readymix Company | 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 | South Africa | 100.00% |
| M A Kharafi and Sons Company - Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 100.00% |
| M A Kharafi and Sons Company - The Gambia | The Gambia | 100.00% |
| M A Kharafi and Sons Company (MAK) | 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 | 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 | Kuwait | 80.00% |
| Arab Company for Computer Manufacturing | Egypt | 71.00% |
| Arab Aluminium | 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) | Kuwait | 51.73% |
| Admak General Contracting Company | UAE | 49.00% |
| Al Mal Investment Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company) | Kuwait | 47.85% |
| AutoMak Automotive Company | Kuwait | 45.00% |
| Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company) | 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) | Kuwait | 32.71% |
| Gulf Cement Company - UAE (via Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company) | UAE | 26.33% |
| Alamiah Building Company | 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 | Kuwait | - |
| Aviation World MAK BV | Netherlands | - |
| Bubiyan Fisheries Company | 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 | 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 | 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 | Syria | - |

## Investments

| 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

| Name | Country | Holding |
| Marsa Alam International Airport | Egypt | - |

## Developments and Projects

| Name | Country | Holding |
| Kiwan | Syria | - |