Salman Khan (educator)
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Khan speaking at a TED conference in 2011
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| Native name | সালমান খান |
| Born |
Salman Amin Khan October 11, 1976 Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Residence | Mountain View, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Sal, "The Salmon" |
| Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Business School |
| Occupation |
Teacher, Executive Director of Khan Academy, Founder of Khan Lab School, Board Member of Aspen Institute |
| Spouse(s) | Umaima Marvi |
| Parent(s) | Fakhrul Amin Khan Masuda Khan |
Salman Amin "Sal" Khan (born October 11, 1976) is a Bangladeshi-American educator who founded the Khan Academy, a free online education platform and an organization with which he has produced over 6,500 video lessons teaching a wide spectrum of academic subjects, mainly focusing on mathematics and sciences. He is also the Founder of Khan Lab School, a brick-and-mortar school associated with Khan Academy.
As of December 2016, the Khan Academy channel on YouTube has more than 2.9 million subscribers and the Khan Academy videos have been viewed more than 1 billion times. In 2012, Time named Salman Khan in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.Forbes magazine featured Khan on its cover with the story "$1 Trillion Opportunity".
Salman Khan was born to Muslim parents in Metairie, Louisiana. His father, Dr. Fakhrul Amin Khan, is from Barisal, Bangladesh and his mother, Masuda Khan, is from Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.
Khan attended the public school Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana, where, as he recalls, "a few classmates were fresh out of jail and others were bound for top universities."
Khan attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics, electrical engineering and computer science in 1998, later getting his Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science. Khan was class president in his senior year.
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