Yousuf Saleh AlOlayan (Arabic: يوسف صالح العليان) was a Kuwaiti businessman.

He was the founder, publisher and chief editor of the Kuwait Times, the first daily newspaper in the Persian Gulf region.

[2] AlOlayan was also one of the founding members of the Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA), and served as its honorary chairperson from 1978 to 1985 and again from 1990 to 1992.

[1] One of only a few Kuwaitis to travel to Europe in the mid twentieth century, AlOlayan studied economics in London and was awarded his degree in 1955.

Later, he became a diplomatic agent to the Saudi Arabian government in France, before returning home to form the Kuwait Times in September 1961.