 He has been ranked by "Foreign Policy Magazine" in 2011 as the first in The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers, and in "Fast Company" as the first in the 100 Most Creative People in Business (2011)  and as one of the most ‘Powerful People in the World’ by "Forbes" magazine (2009)., in 2008 "World Economic Forum" named Khanfar as one of the 'Young Global Leaders'.During his tenure Al Jazeera went from a single channel to a media network with multiple properties including the Al Jazeera Arabic channel, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Documentary, Al Jazeera Sport, Al Jazeera's news websites, the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center, the Al Jazeera Center for Studies, Al Jazeera Mubasher (Live), and Al Jazeera Mobile.On 20 September 2011, he stepped down as the head of Al Jazeera Network.