Talal Al-Yousef

Al Safat Investment Co. KSCC (Direct Investments) is the private equity arm of Al Safat Investment Company (KU: ALSAFAT) whose legal entity is known as the Kuwaiti Shareholding Company (Closed). Based in Kuwait, the parent firm was established under the name of Middle East Chemical Manufacturing Company KSC (Closed) by a group of institutional and individual investors in 1983. In 2003, the firm changed names to the present one. Al Safat Direct Investments (ASDI) specializes in business development through the establishment of specialized firms or partial ownership of the firms. They consider buying shares or bonds of their portfolio firms. They also provide support in restructuring firms. The firm operates in compliance with Islamic laws.

Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons Co. engages in construction, manufacturing, investment, and hotels and tourism. It provides civil construction, manufacturing of ready to mix concrete, investment in leisure, tourism, and lodging. The company was founded by Mohammed Abdulmohsen al Kharafi in 1956 and is headquartered in Kuwait City.