Prince Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story
Andrew Adams
Published Jan 01, 2026
- Source of Wealth: Business and Inheritance
- Age: 83
- Birth Place: Geneva, Switzerland
- Marital Status: Divorced (Princess Gabriele of Leiningen)
- Full Name: Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, KBE, CC
- Nationality: British and Portuguese
- Date of Birth: 13 December 1936
- Ethnicity: Arabic and Persian
- Occupation: Spiritual Leader (Imam of Nizari-Ismaili Shia Islam)
- Education: Harvard University
- Children: 4 (Rahim, Zahra, Hussain and Aly Muhammad)
Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, KBE, CC has an estimated net worth of $800 million. The spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims chairs the Aga Khan Development Network, which promotes investments in Asia and Africa.
He is a passionate horse breeder who owns an estimated 800 thoroughbreds at stud farms in Ireland and France and he holds a stake in Goffs, one of Britain’s largest horse auction houses, and French horse auction house Arqana. In 2010, he filed suits against two Canadians for copyright infringement as the pair published a book using Aga Khan’s writings, allegedly without approval.
