Shahid Khan

Shahid Khan is one of those genuinely remarkable American success stories that still manages to feel underappreciated. He immigrated from Lahore, Pakistan as a teenager with next to nothing, put himself through the University of Illinois, and eventually built Flex-N-Gate into a multi-billion-dollar auto parts empire — becoming one of the wealthiest people in the country. But most people know him as the guy who owns the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham FC simultaneously, which is just a wildly cool flex. He's not a celebrity owner who shows up for press photos; he's actually invested in both clubs in a real way. Earning Illinois' Order of Lincoln in 2011 felt fitting — the state shaped him, and he gave back. Immigrant, engineer, billionaire sports magnate: the arc is almost too cinematic to believe.

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Name (English)

Shahid Khan

Name (Japanese)

シャヒド・カーン

Reading

しゃひど・かーん

Born

July 18, 1950 (age 76)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

Origin

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Occupation

engineer / businessperson / entrepreneur

University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Order of Lincoln

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid%20Khan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%92%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2276408

Tags

• Punjab
• engineer
• businessperson
• entrepreneur

Last updated

2026-06-02

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