Sal Khan Biography

Sal Khan is the creator of the Khan Academy, a nonprofit organization and free online learning resource. At his house, he has created more than 2,200 well-liked movies that explain various ideas, primarily focusing on mathematics and the sciences. As of February 2011, his official YouTube channel, Khan Academy, had received more than 41 million views. Immigrant parents reared Khan from Calcutta, India, and Barisal, Bangladesh, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Khan graduated first in his high school class and received a perfect score on the SAT math section. Khan graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with three degrees: a BS in math, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MS in electrical engineering and computer science. He is also a Harvard Business School MBA graduate. Late in 2004, Khan started teaching his cousin Nadia arithmetic online using Yahoo's Doodle notebook. He believed disseminating the instructions on YouTube would be more valuable and practical. He created an account on November 16, 2006, after additional family and friends requested his guidance. Khan left his position as a hedge fund manager in late 2009 so that he could devote all of his time to building his YouTube channel, Khan Academy, thanks to their success on the video-sharing website and the positive feedback from grateful students. His videos were well-liked, with an average of over 20,000 hits apiece. Students worldwide are drawn to Khan's clear, helpful, and informal teaching style. Khan stated that his goal is to hasten pupils of all ages' learning. In light of this, we would like to share our information with anybody who might find it helpful. Khan also intends to expand his free school to include subjects like history and English. There are initiatives underway to use Khan's movies to educate people in remote regions of Asia and Africa. He clarified his goals: I can empower many individuals with little work. I can't think of a better way to spend my time. Khan has been discussed on National Public Radio, CNN, NBC Nightly News, PBS NewsHour, and CNN. The Khan Academy won the Microsoft Technology Prize for Education in 2009. Google gave the Khan Academy $2 million in 2010 to promote the development of new courses and the translation of its core collection into the most frequently spoken languages in the world. Khan was listed in a tie at number 34 on FORTUNE's annual 40 Under 40 list, which highlights the brightest young talent in business, in October 2010. Bill Gates, who claims to instruct his children using the Khan Academy Workout Software, requested Khan appear at TED in March 2011.

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