Yousuf Dewan Companies or YDC owns and manages a host of listed, unlisted and private companies, employing more than 7,000 individuals. YDC turnover peaked a billion US dollars, backed by assets worth over a billion US dollars, employing over 12,000 individuals before the economic downturn of 2008. YDC's maintains strategic relationships with key international giants that include: BMW Group of Germany, Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors of Japan and Korean Chemical Company.