Abu Dhabi Sheikh invests US$1bil in top grocer LuLu


DUBAI: An investment firm backed by a member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family agreed to buy a stake worth just over US$1bil in LuLu Group International, which runs one of the Middle East’s largest hypermarket chains, according to people familiar with the matter.

The company led by Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan acquired an almost 20% holding in the Abu Dhabi-based supermarket group founded by Indian entrepreneur Yusuff Ali, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private.

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