26 Facts About Tony Khan

Antony Rafiq Khan was born on October 10,1982 and is an American businessman, promoter, and sports executive.

Tony Khan is known for his involvement in American football, professional wrestling and association football.

Tony Khan is best known as the founder and co-owner of All Elite Wrestling, in which he holds the positions of president, chief executive, general manager and executive producer of the promotion.

Tony Khan is the son of businessman Shahid Khan, who is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League and Premier League club Fulham.

Tony Khan holds executive roles at both organizations: with the Jaguars, he is chief football strategy officer and with Fulham, he is the vice-chairman and director of football operations.

Tony Khan's father became a billionaire in the automotive industry, through his ownership of Flex-N-Gate, which supplied car bumpers.

Tony Khan graduated from the University Laboratory High School in 2001 and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance.

Tony Khan joined the Jacksonville Jaguars in July 2012, following his father's purchase of the team, and currently serves as Senior President of Football and Analytics.

On February 22,2017, Tony Khan was named as vice-chairman and director of football operations of Fulham.

Tony Khan oversees the identification, evaluation, recruitment, general maintenance and signing of players for Fulham.

Tony Khan assumed these responsibilities following a period of advising the football operations at the club, particularly in the areas of analytics and research.

Around this time, Tony Khan was criticised for telling a supporter of the club to "go to hell", although he claimed that this person had previously hounded him before.

Unable to appear at the final, Tony Khan made a FaceTime call to congratulate Fulham's players.

In September 2020, Tony Khan was called a "clown" by Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher for tweeting critical comments of Fulham players, and described the transfer history of Tony Khan as "a right mess".

Tony Khan's comments angered Parker, who described the situation as "the world we live in".

Tony Khan was optimistic that this would be the season that Fulham would no longer be perceived as a "yo-yo club".

In late 2018, Tony Khan, who is a lifelong fan of professional wrestling, filed for several trademarks for a new venture that was shortly thereafter confirmed to be a new professional wrestling promotion, All Elite Wrestling.

Tony Khan was officially announced on January 1,2019, along with its first event, Double or Nothing, which took place on May 25,2019, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On May 1,2020, Tony Khan talked about the creative process in AEW and how he grants creative freedom to the AEW talent wrestlers on the roster.

On September 3,2021, during an AEW media call, Tony Khan further clarified that "not one person on the roster has creative control".

Tony Khan has been praised by multiple people in the wrestling industry, including Chris Jericho, Jim Ross, Jon Moxley, Britt Baker, Matt Hardy, Adam Cole, Malakai Black, and former wrestling promoter Eric Bischoff.

Tony Khan announced that he intends to make the ROH library available to the public in its entirety.

On March 6,2022, Tony Khan revealed that he planned to keep ROH running as a separate entity from AEW, and indicated that ROH could possibly be used as a developmental brand for AEW.

Tony Khan is the owner and chairman of TruMedia Networks, a Boston-based engineering firm specializing in analytics for the athletic sports industry.

Tony Khan acquired TruMedia Networks in 2015, and under his ownership, the company has expanded its sports analytics engineering services, with clients including ESPN, the National Football League, Zebra Technologies, and over 60 percent of all Major League Baseball clubs.

Tony Khan made a significant investment in the firm, and separately established the Activist content and venture fund focused on investments in media, entertainment, hospitality as well as consumer products, services, and technologies.