Shahid Khan Family - Celebrity Family

A well-known businessman born on July 18, 1950, Shahid Khan (alias Shad Khan) was born in Lahore in Pakistan. His passion to make money and become successful brought him to America. English Football League Championship team Fulham F.C., Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League and Flex-N-Gate are a few big names the billionaire is associated with.

At the age of 16, Khan first moved to the US with a dream of turning an architect. He dropped the idea soon after finishing first year at Illinois University. He realised that architecture would not be as paying as the others. He believed that a dishwasher would earn more than he could earn in his home country.

Determined to become rich, he moved ahead to complete his graduation degree from the UIUC College of Engineering in 1971 in Industrial engineering.  Khan started his first job at automotive manufacturing company Flex-N-Gate while attending the University of Illinois. As soon as he graduated, he joined as the engineering director for the company.

Shahid Khan soon blueprinted a company named Bumper Works. The company made one-piece truck bumper that cuts down weight along with adding structural support. Bumper Works went ahead to acquire Flex-N-Gate in 1980 from his former employer Charles Gleason Butzow. The company has a substantial share and brand name in the automobile sector. After the success of the venture, Khan gained an US citizenship in 1991.

Khan Family Profile

Khan Parents

His father was an entrepreneur and lawyer by profession. He was one of the 50 plus children born from one of his grandfather’s seven wives. On the other hand, his mother was the youngest of the eight children born in her family. She was a maths teacher by profession and far ahead of her time. His father inherited money from his paternal grandfather, which helped them to open a law school, venture into a small business and buy Khan a plane ticket to the US.