
This prompted him to abandon his profession and dedicate himself full time to Khan Academy, a non-profit organization that he created, dedicated to education. He quickly realized his videos attracted interest thanks to the number of daily views. In 2004, while still working as a financial analyst, Khan started recording math tutorials for his cousin s, which he eventually posted on YouTube. Upon completing his last degree, he worked as a financial analyst.įrom the Idea of an Educational Method to His Success

Khan earned undergraduate degrees in mathematics, and in electrical engineering and computer science, then a Master’s in computer science and an MBA. He studied at Harvard’s Business School, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Salman Khan was born in October 1976 in Louisiana to Bengali parents.
