A M Yateem Brothers is a single-family office based in Manama, Bahrain. Established in 1910 by the two brothers Mr. Ali Ahmed Yateem and Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Yateem.
Husain Ali Yateem is the oldest son of Mr. Ali Ahmed Yateem, and began his career in the business at an early age. He joined the family business, after completing his studies in England. During his business career, he raised the company to new heights and registered it as “W. L. L Company” in the year 1992 with his two sons and three daughters being the shareholders of the company.
The icon Mr. Husain Ali Yateem is considered one of the foremost business pioneers in the recent history of Bahrain. He was born in Manama in 1914 to a well-known trading family. His father, Ali Yateem was a prominent merchant who traded in wood, medicine, and building material imported from India. He first studied at American Mission School, then at the age of 13 travelled to England where he was enrolled in the Brighton Grammar School in 1927, thus becoming the first Bahraini student to study in England.
His visit to the World Expo in New York in the year 1938 was an important point in his career. It was there that he met the founder of the famous air conditioning manufacturer company Dr, Willis Carrier. Following that meeting, he became the exclusive agent for Carrier in Bahrain and formed Yateem Airconditioning which became the leader of the air conditioning business in Bahrain.