title: Tamimi Group
text: # Tamimi Group
  
  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
  
  Founded in 1942 by the late Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al-Tamimi, the company is owned and managed by his heirs. The current chairman is Tariq Ali al-Tamimi.
  
  ## Activities
  
  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 and Safeway.
  
  In 2018, Tamimi Markets opened its headquarters and largest store in Dammam.
  
  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 70 stores in Saudi Arabia
  * Construction (since 1998)
  