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Salman Khan was born on October 11, 1976 in Metiarie, Luisiana.
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Father was from Barisal, Bangladesh and mother was from Calcutta, India.
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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.
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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.
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Salman Khan receives an MS in computer science.
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Salman Khan got his first job as a Financial Analyst.
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Late 2004 Salman Khan started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math. He used Yahoo's doodlepad.
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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.
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Quit his Financial Analyst job and took on Khan academy.
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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.
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Salman Khan and his family, which cosists of his wife, Umaima Marvi, and his two children, live in Mountain View, California.