Lina Khan

Lina Khan
Official portrait, 2021
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
In office
June 15, 2021  January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byRebecca Slaughter (acting)
Succeeded byAndrew N. Ferguson
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
In office
June 15, 2021  January 31, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Donald Trump
Preceded byJoseph Simons
Succeeded byMark Meador
Personal details
Born (1989-03-03) March 3, 1989
London, England
CitizenshipBritish
American
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Shah Rukh Ali
(m. 2018)
Children1
EducationWilliams College (BA)
Yale University (JD)
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Lina Maliha Khan (born March 3, 1989) is an American legal scholar who served from 2021 to 2025 as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). She is also an associate professor at Columbia Law School. While a student at Yale Law School, she became known for her work in antitrust and competition law in the United States after publishing the influential essay "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox". President Joe Biden nominated Khan to the FTC in March 2021, and after her confirmation she became the youngest FTC chair ever in June 2021.