Shahid Rafiq "Shad" Khan[1] (Urdu: شاہد خان; born July 18, 1950)[2][3] is a Pakistani-American billionaire businessman and sports tycoon.

[7]Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Khan was born in Lahore, Pakistan, to a middle-class family involved in the construction industry.

[8] His mother was a professor of mathematics,[2] and his father, Rafiq Khan, owned a shop that sold survey and drawing equipment.

[2][10][11] When he went to the United States, he spent his first night in a $2/night room at the university YMCA,[2] and his first job was washing dishes for $1.20 an hour.

By 2019, Flex-N-Gate had 25,000 employees and 69 manufacturing plants in the United States, China, Argentina, Spain, France, Germany, Mexico and Canada.

[20] Before the 2012 NFL draft, the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and other environmentalist groups organized a protest campaign for several accusations against Flex-N-Gate and Khan.

[21][22] Khan's first attempt to purchase a National Football League team came on February 11, 2010, when he entered into an agreement to acquire 60% of the then-St. Louis Rams from Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez, subject to approval by other NFL owners.

[18] However, Stan Kroenke, the minority shareholder of the Rams, ultimately exercised a clause in his ownership agreement to match any proposed bid.

[23] On November 29, 2011, Khan agreed to purchase the Jacksonville Jaguars from Wayne Weaver and his ownership group subject to NFL approval.

[27] The sale was finalized on January 4, 2012, making Khan the first member of an ethnic minority to own an NFL team.

[34] On April 24, 2024, Khan made his on-screen debut, coming out to the ring after his son was attacked (as part of a story angle) by Jack Perry and The Young Bucks.