Meet Tony Khan: The Billionaire Behind All Elite Wrestling, Forbes

With AEW, 38yearold CEO Tony Khan has built the first real threat to Vince McMahons WWE in more than two decades. Inside the billionaire vs. billionaire smackdown. Khan started AEW with a major investment from his father, billionaire Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, that was reported to be up to 100 million. Its first three months on TNT were successful enough to secure a fouryear, 175 million deal with WarnerMedia to air Wednesday night Dynamite, a title he picked a quartercentury ago when he sketched out episodes in his junior high notebook. The twohour program has shaken pro wrestlings power structure by going headtohead withand beatingMcMahons WWE, The pro wrestling business, of course, was built on such mock machismo, but Khan has shied away from actively trash talking the competition since launching AEW in 2019. Perhaps because of his babyface personality, his tone in the video came across as more tongue in cheek than piledriver. And Khan would be wise not to gloat too early. Afte