The Kanoo Group (Arabic: مجموعة كانو) is a large family-owned conglomerate based in UAE and Oman. It is a part of the parent company Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group (established in 1890; 131 years ago (1890)), founded in Bahrain by Haji Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo which started from a trading and shipping enterprise. From Bahrain, the business spread to Saudi Arabia in the 1930s.[1]