In Abu Dhabi, humble Indian billionaire takes a photo with a fan: Video goes viral
News Mania Desk/Piyal Chatterjee/6th September 2024
MA Yusuff Ali, the chairman of Lulu Group, was hailed by a fan as a “humble billionaire” after he paused his entourage to give her a picture. The video that Rasa Chandrasekharan Puthuruthy, who is stationed in the United Arab Emirates, posted of her meeting Ali has gone popular on Instagram.
Puthuruthy saw MA Yusuff Ali strolling with a small group of people, including two security guards, while she was reportedly in an Abu Dhabi shopping center. Puthuruthy can be seen in the video rushing to get a quick photo with the billionaire Lulu Group boss.
Yusuff Ali stopped and asked her to take a picture with him when he noticed that she was rushing to catch up. The 68-year-old billionaire was heard saying, “Come, take,” while grinning for a selfie with Puthuruthy and her friend.
Puthuruthy showered Ali with adulation following their coincidental meeting. “I’m incredibly delighted to have met a modest billionaire who lives up to his statements. She posted on Instagram, “May Aalh bless him abundantly with good health and happiness.” She went on, “Yousuff Bhai is really Our Best Pride.”
The Lulu Group, which operates 256 hypermarkets and malls throughout the Gulf and India, is headed by Yusuff Ali as chairman and managing director. Based on Forbes, his net worth is more than $8.9 billion.
Based in Abu Dhabi, the billionaire was born in Kerala. He was recently in India for his niece’s wedding, which was attended by a number of well-known people, including producer Gokulam Gopalan, industrialist Joy Alukkas, former union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, superstar Rajinikanth, and UAE Minister of Finance Abdullah Bin Tauq Al Marri.
