# Ilyas Khan

> Ilyas Khan is a British entrepreneur who founded Cambridge Quantum in 2014 and became the founding CEO of Quantinuum after its 2021 combination with Honeywell Quantum Solutions. He subsequently became vice chairman and chief product officer. His activities also span literary publishing, Accrington Stanley, open-access scholarship and doctoral research in music at SOAS.

- **Role:** Founder, Vice Chairman and Chief Product Officer at Quantinuum
- **Organizations:** Quantinuum, Cambridge Quantum, Stanhill Capital Partners, Topos Institute, SOAS University of London, Asia Literary Review, Accelerate Cambridge, The Stephen Hawking Foundation (former founding chairman), Accrington Stanley (former chairman)
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** BA (Hons), South Asian Studies, SOAS University of London, Mathematics degree (self-reported in SOAS alumni interview), The Open University, Doctoral research in music (in progress), SOAS University of London
- **Known for:** Founded Cambridge Quantum and served as Quantinuum’s founding CEO., Helped establish Accelerate Cambridge at Cambridge Judge Business School., Founding chairman of the Stephen Hawking Foundation.

## Career timeline

- **1983** — Graduated from SOAS in South Asian Studies; began a banking career with Schroders.
- **1998** — Founded Stanhill Capital Partners.
- **2009** — Helped Accrington Stanley through its tax-debt crisis and became non-executive chairman.
- **2014** — Founded Cambridge Quantum.
- **2021** — Became founding CEO of Quantinuum following Cambridge Quantum’s combination with Honeywell Quantum Solutions, announced closed on 30 November.
- **2023** — Became Quantinuum’s first chief product officer and vice chairman as Rajeeb Hazra became CEO.
- **2026** — Quantinuum priced its Nasdaq IPO at $60 per share in June.

## Achievements

- Founded Cambridge Quantum and served as Quantinuum’s founding CEO.
- Helped establish Accelerate Cambridge at Cambridge Judge Business School.
- Founding chairman of the Stephen Hawking Foundation.
- Founding non-executive chairman of Topos Institute; listed as Chair (UK).
- One of the founders of the diamond open-access journal Compositionality.
- Helped secure Accrington Stanley’s survival during its 2009 financial crisis.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On 19 October, Quantinuum reported 99.9995% logical fidelity in an error-correction study on Helios. This is a company-reported experimental result, not a general claim of commercial fault tolerance.
- **2026-09** — On 8 September, Quantinuum announced a finalized $100 million CHIPS R&D funding agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
- **2026-06** — Quantinuum announced IPO pricing of 28 million shares at $60 each, with Nasdaq trading expected to begin on 4 June under QNT.

## Links

- Website: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/ilyas-khan
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilyas-khan-ksg-2a899453/

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