The death of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, struck a deep chord with Houston’s sizable Ismaili Muslim community Tuesday. His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini,

At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to become one of the world’s richest hereditary rulers.

Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims. The 53-year-old succeeds his father, who died on Tuesday.