

Please purchase a subscription to continue reading this article. As of May 2021, the Khan Academy channel on YouTube has 6.6 million subscribers and Khan Academy videos have been viewed more than 1.8 billion times.

Over the years, his efforts to revolutionize the educational process have led to multiple awards for Khan, including the Heinz Award in 2014 (in the category to improve human conditions) and the Shorty Award for Best Education in 2016. Previously, Khan began his professional career as a financial analyst for a hedge fund based in Boston, Massachusetts. Singled out by Bill Gates as the future of education, Khan has been profiled by "60 Minutes," featured on the cover of Forbes, and recognized as one of TIME’s "100 Most Influential People in the World." Notably, the success of Khan Academy has brought significant media attention to its founder. Today it boasts over 10 million unique students per month, over 300 million lessons delivered, and over a billion exercises completed. Started as a passion project in 2004, Khan Academy is the most-used library of educational lessons on the web.

Entrepreneur Salman Khan became a global superstar after launching the free online educational site Khan Academy.
