Tony Khan, a thought-leader in the world of sports analytics and insights, enters his 13th season with the Jaguars and his fourth in the capacity of chief football strategy officer.
Under Khan's guidance, the Jaguars created a Football Technology and Analytics group in 2012. In addition to being a valued asset to the coaching and scouting departments, the analytics team also explores new technology and its applications within all areas of the Jaguars organization, including player development, injury prevention, game analysis and player evaluation.
Khan, who with his father Shad Khan is an owner of Fulham Football Club of the English Premier League, was named Fulham's vice chairman and director of football operations in February 2017.
Over the past seven years at Fulham, Khan has played an integral role in the identification, recruitment and signing of the players while continuing to oversee the club's statistical research department, which he created in 2015 to analyze football player performance and develop proprietary football performance. Fulham won the SkyBet Championship in 2021-2022 to earn promotion to the English Premier League, where the club has finished comfortably in the midtable the past two seasons.
Khan shook the world of sports and entertainment in January 2019 with the launch of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), a new professional wrestling league which has taken the sports and entertainment industry by storm. As CEO, GM and Head of Creative, Khan has led the company to defy expectations with its meteoric rise, world-class roster, pop culture infiltration and highly entertaining product that draws the youngest-skewing wrestling audience on television. Under Khan's leadership, AEW produces successful pay-per-view events each quarter and broadcasts three television shows each week, "AEW: Dynamite" on Wednesday nights on TBS, "AEW: Rampage" on Friday nights on TNT and "AEW: Collision" on Saturday nights on TNT, all of which are available in 140 countries worldwide.
Khan also is the owner and chairman of TruMedia Networks, a Boston-based engineering firm specializing in sports analytics solutions for leagues, franchises and media partners across the sports industry. Khan acquired TruMedia Networks in 2015, and under his ownership, the company has expanded its sports analytics engineering services, with clients including ESPN, the NFL, Zebra and over 60 percent of all Major League Baseball clubs.
In 2018, Khan made a strategic investment into Activist, an entertainment company that protects and builds all aspects of an artist's career while leveraging their authentic voice and related platform in an effort to effect positive change. Activist, steered by industry leaders Bernie Cahill and Greg Suess, provides comprehensive management services for its clients including music management, talent and brand management, and film and TV development.
Khan, who grew up in Champaign, Ill., is a frequent panelist at sports, entertainment and analytics conferences throughout North America. He graduated from the College of Business at the University of Illinois in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance.
