The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Pakistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Pakistani Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 601 Businesspeople, 2 of which were born in Pakistan. This makes Pakistan the birth place of the 40th most number of Businesspeople behind Rwanda, and Azerbaijan.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Pakistani Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Pakistani Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Shahid Khan (b. 1950)
With an HPI of 49.14, Shahid Khan is the most famous Pakistani Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.
Shahid Rafiq "Shad" Khan (Urdu: شاہد خان; born July 18, 1950) is a Pakistani-American billionaire businessman and sports tycoon. He is the owner of Flex-N-Gate, an American supplier of motor vehicle components. Khan is also 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 wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), along with his son, Tony Khan. Khan was featured on the front cover of Forbes magazine in 2012, associating him as the face of the American Dream. As of March 2023, Khan's personal net worth is $12.1 billion. In 2021, he ranked 94th in the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, and is the 291st richest person in the world. Khan is the richest auto parts magnate ahead of Georg F. W. Schaeffler who has a net worth of $9.1 billion. He is also the wealthiest person of Pakistani origin.
2. Chris Anderson (b. 1957)
With an HPI of 32.11, Chris Anderson is the 2nd most famous Pakistani Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Chris Anderson (born 1957) is a British-American businessman who is the head of TED, a non-profit organization that provides idea-based talks and hosts an annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Previously he founded Future Publishing.
3. Tanzila Khan (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 17.07, Tanzila Khan is the 3rd most famous Pakistani Businessperson. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Tanzila Khan is a Pakistani entrepreneur, disability rights activist, author and founder of Girlythings PK, a platform and website which delivers sanitary napkins to menstruators facing barriers in Pakistan. Khan focuses on raising awareness of and access to diversity and inclusion in all sectors, reproductive health and education especially for those with disabilities. She has given many talks around the world, written two novels, produced one short film, FruitChaat and runs two organizations to de-stigmatize disability. Disability Tax, is a term coined by Khan that describes the extra expense a person with a disability has to bare due to their disability while accessing public life. The tax burden is on the individual as the institution refuses to provide accessible options or alternatives in the same equal pricing as compared to an individual without a disability hence making the life of a person with a disability far more costly and challenging.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Pakistani businesspeople born between 1950 and 1986. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Pakistani businesspeople include Shahid Khan, Chris Anderson, and Tanzila Khan. As of April 2024, 1 new Pakistani businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Tanzila Khan.
Living Pakistani Businesspeople
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Shahid Khan
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Chris Anderson
1957 - Present
HPI: 32.11
Tanzila Khan
1986 - Present
HPI: 17.07
