Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue III, 2015 | Page 48

2015 MVP AWARDS

“ I am in the people business and I truly care for
the well-being of other individuals.”
ing his way up through the business. By
1999, he’d bought 97 Church’s restaurants
and become CEO of his own company,
Falcon Holdings. Today he is the largest
franchisee in the Church’s system and
also operates franchises for Long John
Silver’s, A&W, Hardee’s, and Piccadilly
Cafeteria—300 in all. “I don’t want to
break them down because I don’t want
the franchises to think one is more important than the other,” he says.
Is Khan living the American Dream?
By anyone’s standards, the answer is a resounding yes. He lives in a palatial estate

in Southlake, Texas, and is one of the most
successful franchisees in the world. In 2014
he was named Entrepreneur of the Year
by the IFA. And this year he was honored
with the American Dream MVP award.
“I live in the most wonderful country in
the world,” he says with emotion. “There
is no other place like the United States,
where you can be anything you want to
be.” In a recent interview, a university
president introduced Khan before a speech,
asking him if he thought he’s “made it.”
“I told him probably, but it didn’t
register in my mind. I still see poverty in

front of me. Because of my DNA, I control what I want to be, what I eat, what I
wear, what I do. I’ve been fighting against
poverty all my life. I’m a great fighter.”
Khan’s goal is to have Falcon Holdings become a billion-dollar company by
2020, and to continue to focus his empire
on people and their success. “I’m taking
senior managers and