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Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan (Persian: رحیم الحسینی آغا خان; born 12 October 1971), known as the Aga Khan V (Persian: آقاخان پنجم), is a religious leader, businessman, and socialite who is the 50th Imam, or present (Hazar) Imam, of the Shia Nizari Isma'ili Muslims.
The Aga Khan's net worth was estimated at over US$13.3 billion by Vanity Fair in 2013. [9] Forbes described the Aga Khan as one of the world's fifteen richest royals. [10] He was the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the largest private development networks in the world.
Prince Karim Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as imam of the Ismaili Muslims in 1957 at the age of 20. The prince had an estimated fortune of $1bn (£801m) in 2008, according to Forbes magazine .
Aga Khan (Persian: آقاخان; Arabic: آغا خان; also transliterated as Aqa Khan and Agha Khan) [1] is a title held by the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias. From 1957 to 2025, the holder of the title was the 49th Imām, Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini, Aga Khan IV (1936–2025).
Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, died at his home in Lisbon, Portugal on Tuesday. He was 88 years old. The Aga Khan IV can trace ...
The late Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, who died on Tuesday in Lisbon after nearly seven decades as the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community, will be buried in Egypt on ...
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (17 January 1933 – 12 May 2003) was a French-born statesman and activist who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1977, during which he reoriented the agency's focus beyond Europe and prepared it for an explosion of complex refugee issues. He was also a proponent of greater ...
LISBON (Reuters) -Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini was named the 50th hereditary Imam, or spiritual leader, of Ismaili Muslims on Wednesday after the will of his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was ...