Lina Maliha Khan was born on March 3, 1989, in London, England, and is a British-American legal scholar who gained prominence for her work in antitrust and competition law.[2] She served as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from June 15, 2021, to January 20, 2025, becoming the youngest person ever to hold this position at age 32.[1][2] Khan's career in antitrust began while she was a student at Yale Law School, where she published the influential essay "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox" in 2017, which analyzed the tech giant's market power and became widely recognized in policy circles.[2] Before her FTC appointment, she worked as legal director at the Open Markets Institute, served as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, and was an associate professor at Columbia Law School.[1][7] President Joe Biden nominated Khan to the FTC in March 2021, and she was confirmed by the Senate in June 2021 by a vote of 69 to 28, receiving bipartisan support largely due to her influential anti-Amazon views reflected in Congress.[2] During her tenure as FTC Chair, Khan pursued an aggressive regulatory agenda focused on reinvigorating antitrust and consumer protection enforcement. Her priority initiatives included challenging mergers and acquisitions, restricting non-compete clauses, protecting sensitive data from surveillance, and addressing illegal practices in healthcare.[1][3] Khan was noted by both critics and supporters for her novel regulatory approach, which sometimes resulted in court losses but also prompted businesses to voluntarily drop attempted mergers.[2] Following the 2025 New York City mayoral election, Khan was appointed as co-chair of mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's all-women transition team in November 2025, where she advises on economic policy and personnel.[1] She continues to teach and write about antitrust law and political economy at Columbia Law School.[8]