Who is Yusuff Ali, the Kerala-born billionaire in UAE aid row?

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, on August 21, tweeted that Dubai-based Kerala-born businessman Yusuff Ali MA informed him about UAE's ₹700-crore aid offer for flood relief, which the country has denied. Ranked 388th on Forbes billionaires list, Padma Shri recipient Ali's net worth is $3.9 billion. Ali is the founder of LuLu Hypermarket, a leading retail market chain in the Gulf.