Salman Khan

Date of Birth

Oct 11, 1976

Salman Khan was born on October 11, 1976 in Metiarie, Luisiana.

Family

Oct 11, 1976

Father was from Barisal, Bangladesh and mother was from Calcutta, India.

High School

Aug 28, 1990

Salman Khan attended Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana. He says that some of the students were bound for top colleges while others were fresh out of prison.

College

Sep 4, 1994

Khan was accepted in MIT, one of the best engineering and tech schools in the United States. Graduated with a Bachelors in math, electrical engineering, and computer science. On senior year Khan was class president.

MS in Computer Science

May 25, 1998

Salman Khan receives an MS in computer science.

First Job

Feb 7, 1999

Salman Khan got his first job as a Financial Analyst.

Started Tutoring

Nov 8, 2004

Late 2004 Salman Khan started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math. He used Yahoo's doodlepad.

Started Youtube Tutoring

Nov 16, 2006

Khan gets many requests to learn from him so he starts a youtube channel with tutoring. In a few years his videos would receive over 350 million views.

Quit Job

Feb 4, 2009

Quit his Financial Analyst job and took on Khan academy.

Khan Academy Receives Funds

Sep 21, 2010

Google funds recognizes and funds $2 million to Salman Khan to expand Khan Academy. Bill Gates donates $1.5 to help Khan's organization grow.

Current Residency

Feb 6, 2014

Salman Khan and his family, which cosists of his wife, Umaima Marvi, and his two children, live in Mountain View, California.