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Shahid Rafiq "Shad" Khan [1] (Urdu: شاہد خان; born July 18, 1950) [2] [3] is a Pakistani-American billionaire businessman and sports tycoon. Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and Fulham F.C. of the Premier League, and co-owner of the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), along with his son, Tony Khan.
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, left, and new head coach Liam Coen, right, speak with the media during an NFL football news conference in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.
Khan joined the Jacksonville Jaguars in July 2012, [6] following his father's purchase of the team, and currently serves as Senior President of Football and Analytics. [7] [8] In April 2020, Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue referred to Khan as "spoiled", after a confrontation on Twitter. [9] In August 2020, Ngakoue was traded to the ...
The Jaguars finished 4-13 in 2024 after Khan made clear his high expectations by saying before this season that this was "the best team assembled by the Jacksonville Jaguars ever."
The Jaguars have posted back-to-back winning seasons for the first time under Khan since he became the team's owner in 2011, with his first full season of ownership coming in 2012.
On February 23, 2018, the Jaguars extended his contract through 2021. [37] On December 31, 2019, Jaguars owner Shahid Khan announced that Marrone would be retained for the 2020 season, despite back-to-back losing seasons since making it to the AFC Championship in 2017. [38] General manager David Caldwell was also retained by Khan.
Pro Football Hall of Fame left tackle Tony Boselli, the first draft pick in the history of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has been hired as the franchise's executive vice president of football operations.
In September 2013, Jaguar Land Rover announced an additional 1,700 jobs and £1.5 billion investment at its facility in Solihull. The money was to be spent on designing systems to allow the chassis of future models to be made out of aluminium; the first of these would be a new mid-sized sports saloon car to be introduced in 2015. [26]