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| caption = Khan speaking at a [[TED conference]] in 2011
| occupation = [[Educator]], [[entrepreneur]]
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| spouse = Umaima Marvi (2004–present)
| birth_name = Salman Amin Khan
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'''Salman Amin Khan''' (born 11 October 1976), known as '''Sal Khan''', is an [[Americans|American]] [[educator]] and the founder of [[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, originally focusing on [[mathematics]] and [[science]]s.<ref>{{Citation | title = Number of videos | url = https://www.khanacademy.org/ | publisher = Khan Academy}}.</ref> He is also the founder of [[Khan Lab School]], a [[Brick and mortar|brick-and-mortar]] school associated with Khan Academy.<ref name="NPR">{{Cite web|title = 'From YouTube Pioneer Sal Khan, A School with Real Classrooms|url = https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/06/30/476193095/from-youtube-pioneer-sal-khan-a-school-with-real-classrooms|publisher = NPR}}</ref>

{{As of|2021|December}}, the Khan Academy channel on [[YouTube]] has 7.02 million subscribers and Khan Academy videos have been viewed more than 1.92 billion times.<ref name="Youtube" /> In 2012, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named Khan in its annual list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people]] in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Salman Khan – Time 100|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111942,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419073136/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111942,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2012|newspaper= [[Time (magazine)|Time]]| date = April 18, 2012}}</ref> In the same year, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine featured Khan on its cover, with the story "$1 Trillion Opportunity".<ref>{{cite web | work= Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2012/11/02/one-man-one-computer-10-million-students-how-khan-academy-is-reinventing-education/ | title =$1 Trillion Opportunity}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Salman Amin Khan was born in [[Metairie, Louisiana|Metairie]], [[Louisiana]], to a [[Bengali Muslims|Bengali Muslim]] family.<ref name="biography.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/salman-khan-21416751|title=Salman Khan|publisher=Biography.com|access-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515083119/http://www.biography.com/people/salman-khan-21416751|archive-date=May 15, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His father is from [[Barisal]], [[Bangladesh]], and his mother is from [[Murshidabad]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref name="biography.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skf9Q2v0XjY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/skf9Q2v0XjY |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Salman Khan's message: about bangla Khan Academy|last=Gear Views|date=July 11, 2015|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He attended [[Grace King High School]], where, as he recalls, "a few classmates were fresh out of jail and others were bound for top universities."<ref>{{cite news|last=Sengupta|first=Somini|title=Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/technology/khan-academy-blends-its-youtube-approach-with-classrooms.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=March 24, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 4, 2011}}</ref> He also worked as a [[cartoonist]] for the high school's newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tension in an accelerating system and pie in the face|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52wxpYnS64U&feature=youtu.be&t=258 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/52wxpYnS64U |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|access-date=2020-06-30|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Khan took upper-level mathematics courses at the [[University of New Orleans]] while he was in high school and graduated [[valedictorian]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unoalumni.com/salman-khan|title=Alumni Spotlights - Salman Khan|website=www.unoalumni.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tan|first=Sarah|title=Khan Academy founder returns home as big name in U.S. school reform|url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2013/05/khan_academy_founder_returns_h.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=May 23, 2017|newspaper=The Times Picayune|date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>

Khan attended the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), graduating with [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Master of Science]] degrees in Course 6 ([[electrical engineering]] and [[computer science]]), and another bachelor's degree in Course 18 ([[mathematics]]), in 1998.<ref name="Solomon">{{cite web|url=http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N57/khan.html|title=Sal Khan Is Commencement Speaker | first =Ethan A.|last=Solomon|publisher=The Tech|date=December 6, 2011}}</ref> In his final year, Sal was the president of the "Senior Gift Committee," a philanthropy program of the graduating class.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiredacademic.com/2011/12/sal-khan-compares-mit-to-hogwarts-will-be-2012-commencement-speaker-there/|title=MIT's Next Commencement Speaker Sal Khan Compares His Alma Mater to Hogwarts|publisher=Wired Academic|date=December 7, 2011|access-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126044605/http://www.wiredacademic.com/2011/12/sal-khan-compares-mit-to-hogwarts-will-be-2012-commencement-speaker-there/|archive-date=January 26, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Khan also holds a [[Master of Business Administration]] (MBA) from [[Harvard Business School]].<ref name="GatesFavorite">{{cite news |last=Kaplan |first=David A. |url=https://money.cnn.com/2010/08/23/technology/sal_khan_academy.fortune/ |title=Innovation in Education: Bill Gates' favorite teacher |work=Money |publisher=CNN |date=August 24, 2010 |access-date=June 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223035558/http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/23/technology/sal_khan_academy.fortune/ |archive-date=December 23, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mixergy.com/salman-khan-academy-interview/ |title = How Khan Academy Is Changing Education With Videos Made In A Closet – with Salman Khan | publisher= Mixergy | date = June 28, 2010 |access-date=August 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/khanacademy |title = Sal Khan at Khan Academy | publisher= LinkedIn |access-date=July 5, 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
In 2002, Khan was a summer [[Internship|intern]] at [[PARC (company)|PARC]]. From 2003 to late 2009, Khan worked as a [[hedge fund]] analyst at Connective Capital Management.<ref name="http://chronicle.com">{{cite web | last =Kowarski |first=Ilana |url=http://chronicle.com/article/A-Self-Appointed-Teacher-Runs/65793/ |title = College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education |publisher=Chronicle |date=June 6, 2010}}</ref><ref name="colbertnation.com">{{cite video | first =Stephen (Host) | last = Colbert |year=2011 |title=The Colbert Report |url = http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/388279/june-02-2011/salman-khan |publisher = Colbert Nation |access-date= June 30, 2012}}</ref><ref name="http://www.linkedin.com">{{cite web | last = Khan | first = Sal | url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/khanacademy | title = Sal Khan | publisher = LinkedIn | access-date = September 28, 2014}}</ref>

===Khan Academy===
{{Main |Khan Academy}}
In 2004, Khan began tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in [[mathematics]] over the internet using [[Yahoo!]]'s Doodle notepad.<ref name="Khan Academy">{{cite video |year=2011 |title=Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education | url= http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html | publisher = TED | access-date = June 30, 2012}}</ref> When other relatives and friends sought his tutoring, he moved his tutorials to [[YouTube]], where he created an account on November 16, 2006.<ref name="youtube1">{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy | title= Khan academy | publisher = YouTube |date=November 16, 2006 |access-date= August 26, 2010}}</ref>

The popularity of his educational videos on the video-sharing website prompted Khan to quit his job as a [[financial analyst]] in late 2009.<ref name="Sen">{{cite web |url = http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?265875|title=Bookmark: The Prof Who Keeps His Shirt On| first= Ashish Kumar |last=Sen|publisher=Outlook India|date=June 28, 2010}}</ref> He moved his focus to developing his [[YouTube]] channel, Khan Academy, full-time with the aid of close friend Josh Gefner.<ref name = "http://chronicle.com" /> Khan subsequently received sponsorship from Ann Doerr, the wife of [[John Doerr]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/substitute-teacher/story-e6frgabx-1226219801990 |title=Substitute teacher|first=Amanda|last= Bower|work= The Australian|date= December 16, 2011}}</ref>

His videos received worldwide interest from both students and non-students, with more than 458 million views in the first number{{How many|date=January 2021}} of years.<ref name="Sen" />

Khan outlined his mission as to "accelerate learning for students of all ages. With this in mind, we want to share our content with whoever may find it useful." Khan plans to extend the "free school" to cover topics such as [[English literature]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-12-14/business/17224380_1_youtube-videos-vocabulary-tests |title=Salman Khan, math master of the Internet – SFGate |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=August 26, 2010 | first=James | last=Temple}}</ref>

Khan published a book about Khan Academy and education goals titled ''The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined.''<ref>{{cite video |year=2012 | type= radio interview | first = Salman 'Sal' | last = Khan | author-link = Salman Khan (educator) | work = AirTalk | title = Talking about his new book | url= http://www.khanacademy.org/talks-and-interviews/v/sal-on-airtalk-talking-about-his-new-book | publisher = Khan Adcademy |access-date= December 29, 2012}}</ref>

Khan Academy, initially a tool for students, added the Coach feature in 2012, promoting the connection of teachers with students through videos and monitor tools.<ref name="Sen" /> In 2012, Khan received the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement’s]] Gold Medal.<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2012 Summit Highlights Photo | url= https://achievement.org/summit/2012/|quote= Salman Khan, pioneer of online education, receives the Gold Medal from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.}}</ref> In 2014, Khan received the 19th Annual [[Heinz Awards|Heinz Award]] in the Human Condition category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/salman-khan|title=The Heinz Awards :: Salman Khan|website=www.heinzawards.net}}</ref>

In 2015, Khan announced that Khan Academy was partnering with the [[College Board]] to create free practice resources for the [[SAT]] test.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/06/02/college-board-and-khan-academy-team-ease-access-new-sat|title=College Board and Khan Academy team up to ease access to new SAT|website=www.insidehighered.com}}</ref>

In 2021, Khan Academy's videos on YouTube had been viewed over 1.8 billion times.<ref name="Youtube">{{cite web|work=Youtube|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy/about|title=Khan Academy|access-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref>

Khan believes that supplementing traditional classroom education with the technology being developed by his Academy can improve the effectiveness of teachers by freeing them from traditional lectures and giving them more time for instruction specific to individual students' needs.<ref name="sfgate">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/13/BUKV1B11Q1.DTL&tsp=1 |title= Salman Khan, math master of the Internet |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=December 23, 2009 | first=James | last=Temple}}</ref>

[[Stanford University|Stanford]] AI researcher [[Andrew Ng]] has named Khan as a huge inspiration for the founding of [[Coursera]], one of the first [[Massive open online course|massive open online course (MOOC)]] platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ai.stanford.edu/~ang/papers/mooc14-OriginsOfModernMOOC.pdf|title=Origins of the Modern MOOC|last=Ng|first=Andrew}}</ref>

=== Schoolhouse.world ===
In 2020, Khan launched ''Schoolhouse.world'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Schoolhouse.world|url=https://coda.io/@schoolhouse/welcome|last=Schoolhouse|first=One World|date=2020-04-21|website=Schoolhouse.world|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> a free non-profit initiative to provide small-group tutoring for students across the world. The service uses the taxonomy of the Khan Academy to organize its online video conferencing tutorials. The initial pilot was conducted in partnership with the [[Long Beach Unified School District]].

==Awards==
In 2016, Salman received India's fourth highest civilian award, [[Padma Shri]], from the [[President of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Padma Awards website|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Award=Padma%20Shri&Year=2016-2016&Place=USA&Field=Literature%20and%20Education|access-date=2021-01-03}}</ref>
On May 27, 2021, Salman received the honorary [[Doctor of Laws]] degree from [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honoring the Class of 2021|url=https://www.harvard.edu/campus/honoring-the-class-of-2021/|last=Salman Amin Khan Doctor of Laws|first=Join the Celebration|date=2021-05-27|website=Harvard.edu|access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sal Khan is married to a [[Pakistan]]i physician, Umaima Marvi. The couple live with their children in [[Mountain View, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/2011/04/26/education-2-0-the-khan-academy/|title=Education 2.0: The Khan Academy|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=April 26, 2011|access-date=November 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name="join_Meet">{{Cite web
| title = Meet Sal Khan, Khan Academy
| publisher = jointventure.org
| access-date = August 28, 2015
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}}</ref><ref name="biog_Salm">{{Cite web
| title = Sal Khan – Educator
| work = Biography
| access-date = August 28, 2015
| url = http://www.biography.com/people/salman-khan-21416751
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==References==
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