A few months ago, I discovered the website Khan Academy. I had friends studying for Physics finals, or writing GMATs… they all swore by the tutorials on this site. If you haven’t heard of it before, let me start off by saying that Khan Academy is phenomenal. The man behind the streaming videos is Salman Khan, who is possibly one of the smartest people I have ever met. He mentioned he knows around 30% of the content (he did his BSc at MIT, and MBA at Harvard, after all) and the rest he just… goes and learns it. Then he puts it into a concise, 10-20 minute video. And 80,000 people a month hit his site to learn. Free, global education. All at the click of a mouse.
When I saw this, I was amazed. Then, when I was planning my trip down to San Francisco, I knew I had to meet this remarkable man. So, last week, I headed down to Silicon Valley and met him and his lovely family and had a portrait session in the golden setting California sun.
Here is his portrait, below:
Be sure to check out www.khanacademy.org when you have time
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