KG Abraham

Some Lesser Known Facts About KG Abraham

• KG Abraham was born into a farmer’s family. He completed his formal education in Kerala.

• In 1976, when he was 22 years old, he moved to Kuwait and started working in a company called Badha and Musairi. His first salary was only 60 dinars.

• In 1977, he started Naser Mohamed Al-Baddah & Partner Trading and Contracting Company (NBTC) which operates in the oil and petrol sectors. It also provides services in the hotel, retail, logistics, engineering, & construction sectors.

  

• After working in Badha and Musairi for 7 years, he started his own firm ‘KGA Group’ and started doing small construction activities.

  

• He started his company with 4000 dinars which included 1500 from his savings and 2500 which he borrowed from his friends.

• He also owns a supermarket chain ‘Highway Centre’ in Kuwait.

• Abraham has invested in many businesses in Kerala. He owns ‘Crowne Plaza’, a 5-star hotel in Kochi, and ‘Elite Continental’, a 4-star hotel in Tiruvalla.

• In 2019, he started a farming business on 25-acre land in Wafra where he practised green farming.

  

• He has also produced the Malayalam film ‘Aadujeevitham’ which broke many records when it was released in 2024.

• On 12 June 2024, a building in Mangaf in Kuwait caught fire in which around 45 people died. These people were workers of NBTC Group, owned by KG Abraham and were from different Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.

  

• After the accident, KG Abraham announced that they would provide Rs 8 lakhs to the affected families, take care of the higher education of children and also give them jobs.