Tamimi Group
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Native name | مجموعة شركات التميمي |
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| Company type | Private |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Founder | Ali Abdullah Al-Tamimi |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Tariq Ali al-Tamimi, Chairman |
Number of employees | 21,000+ |
| Subsidiaries | 40+ |
| Website | tamimigroup |
The Tamimi Group of Companies, sometimes called the al-Tamimi Group, is a large Saudi Arabian conglomerate of companies involved in supermarket chains, hotels, catering, real estate, oilfield services & supplies, road construction, transportation and trucking, power generation and water filtration. The company is in partnership with Pakistani businessman and politician Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan.
History
[edit | edit source]Founded in 1942 by the late Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al-Tamimi,[1] the company is owned and managed by his heirs. The current chairman is Tariq Ali al-Tamimi.
Activities
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Beginning as a major parts supplier to oil giant Saudi Aramco, the Tamimi Group of Companies has several joint ventures, with companies as diverse as General Electric[2] and Safeway.
In 2018, Tamimi Markets opened its headquarters and largest store in Dammam.[3]
The Tamimi Group is active in the following sectors:
- Import and distribution: Tamimi Commercial Co. - TCCM (since 1949)
- Real estate development (since 1953)
- Power and industrial activities (since 1976)
- Food services and facility management (since 1977) and food industry (since 2009)
- Food retailing: Tamimi Markets (since 1979), with over 110 stores in Saudi Arabia[4][5]
- Construction (since 1998)
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