The Khalifa Juma Al Nabooda Group started as the Dubai Printing Press. Today the group employs 10,000 people. The group owns shares in 20 companies that operate in several sectors such as automobiles, real estate, hospitality and food services management, construction, civil and marine engineering, and hotels, among others. Al Nabooda Automobiles is the exclusive distributor of Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche in Dubai and the Northern Emirates. In May 2020, the group donated around $272,256 to the World’s Tallest Donation Box to illuminate 100,000 lights on the Burj Khalifa, which provided 100,000 meals to those impacted by the pandemic.