Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the Aga Khan Development Network (
AKDN) brings together a number of development agencies, institutions, and programmes that work primarily in the poorest parts of Asia and Africa. AKDN is a contemporary endeavour of the Ismaili Imamat to realise the social conscience of Islam through institutional action. AKDN agencies conduct their programmes without regard to the faith, origin or gender.
The Aga Khan is reported to be among the wealthiest people in the world with a net worth in excess of US$6 billion. Among other interests, he is known for his
equestrian pursuits and for success in
race horse breeding particularly after acquiring the bulk of the breeding stock from the estate of
Marcel Boussac in 1980.
He was made an Honorary Companion of the
Order of Canada in
2005.
He built the Aga Khan University and Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan in 1983. Also, Aga Khan schools are widely known in third world countries such as Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
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