Lina M. Khan

Lina Maliha Khan (born March 3, 1989) is a Pakistani, British, and American legal scholar who was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2021 to 2025. 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 after publishing the essay "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox" in 2017. President Joe Biden nominated her to the FTC in March 2021, and after her confirmation she became the youngest FTC chair ever that June. Khan was a co-chair of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral transitional team, and was appointed by Mamdani as the chair of the New York City Economic Development Corporation.[edit]