Sal Khan

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Sal Khan is an American educator and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the online learning platform Khan Academy, which offers free educational resources worldwide.


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instanceOf educator
entrepreneur
human
philanthropist
advocatesFor mastery-based learning
personalized learning
awardReceived Heinz Award in Human Condition
Microsoft Tech Award for Education
Time 100 most influential people in the world (2012)
businessModelPromoted free access to high-quality education
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1976-10-11
degree Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from MIT
Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT
educatedAt Harvard Business School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ethnicOrigin Bangladeshi
Indian
familyName Khan
fieldOfWork education technology
mathematics education
online education
founded Khan Academy
fullName Salman Amin Khan
genre educational video
givenName Salman
hasCreatedPlatform Khanmigo (AI education tool by Khan Academy)
hasFoundedOrganizationType nonprofit organization
hasYouTubeChannel Khan Academy
influenced online learning practices worldwide
knownFor creating free online educational videos
popularizing short instructional videos on YouTube
languageSpoken English
notableFor founding Khan Academy
notableWork The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
occupation educator
entrepreneur
executive director
software engineer
placeOfBirth Metairie, Louisiana, United States
positionHeld CEO of Khan Academy
Executive Director of Khan Academy
religion Islam
residence Mountain View, California, United States
spouse Umaima Marvi

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