Yousif bin Abdulrahman Fakhro


Yousif bin Abdulrahman Al-Hassan Al-Fakhro , also known as Yousif Al Oud, was one of the most prominent and wealthiest businessmen in Bahrain.

Biography

He owned more than fifty ships that roamed the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, with offices in Bahrain, Basra, India, Kuwait and Dubai].
He was known to finance the government of Bahrain at the time and the Ottoman army.
He was one of the few businessmen that filled in to establish the first school in Bahrain in 1919, Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifiya.

Children

He had five sons:
He also had eight daughters.