Sal Khan on why Khan Academy is a non-profit

In this excerpt from Overheard with Evan Smith, Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy, explains why he decided to keep his organization a non-profit. This excerpt comes from our audience Q&A following the taping.
Our episode with Salman Khan airs April 23, 2015.
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[@oakmelon5897]

This guy deserves Nobel Prize

[@thepopatgang4512]

True

[@Meunshey]

Vvery

[@mathstechz8108]

Yes

[@Srabonsk]

I agree

[@anthonyy4345]

Best algebra 1 teacher ever

[@septwelve]

"Education must be free" - Sal khan.

[@RAIRADIO]

It is. Books are everywhere. Degrees are not free. Plus there is no free lunch. When you pay for a course, you make it a point to attend.

[@smol_chilli_pepper]

Khan academy saved my grades in secondary school. Sal and his iconic voice changed the game for me and so many others

[@rodelasukriti5642]

Salman is really a great person. Respect him a lot. :)

[@nahomgirmachew8139]

Guys can we vote for a NOBLE PRIZE please? He deserve more than this. Just imagine how many students are improving their grades with out even paying. We need more people like him. So let's vote for NOBLE PRIZE!

[@yaredarcher3774]

This guy doesn’t get the props he deserves😭😭 You deserve to be amongst the great!

[@tm2523]

I love this guy, great man , hero of the century

[@yourbrownieboy355]

Proud to be Bangladeshi’s Blood 🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@phanidharkumar7007]

I guess there will be a very few selfless people like him in the entire planet... If I have any kind of doubts in math, it's his channel that I rely on for clarification. Hats off for his contribution!!!

[@explorer9276]

Great guy. We all wished we could talk to him in person one day somewhere in our hearts.

[@summitsingh6957]

One of the best learning app that I have experienced. Everyone including teachers, students, kids, and people in every profession should learn from the app.

[@jasonzacharias2150]

Sal, you are a real life super hero! thank you for all the instruction and inspiration.

[@badriyare7651]

HE IS MY HERO MY ALLAH PROTACT HIM

[@cecei1484]

wait what hes muslim!?

[@deepakarya7051]

@@cecei1484 yeah born if mother from India and father of Bangladesh ....

[@asad3iem2k191]

@@cecei1484 I guess he's name is Salman khan

[@nairaac]

@@cecei1484 yes, he was born in a bangladeshi muslim family

[@aa-fw2pw]

Ameen

[@aashishdewangan9183]

HE IS COOL....HUGE FAN AND RESPECT FOR THIS GUY.

[@surabhivishista8500]

True

[@aadhilrf5782]

14 dislikes from Byju's employees

[@siddhishah2222]

i really wish these roots stay the same. even after 20-30 years. I dont want any other giant to come along and monetize this beautiful initiative for their own greed. wikipedia, khan academy -these are the gold the world has

[@dape.2746]

Anyone else also having this flashbacks of maths or biology things whenever he speaks?

[@isaiahvita6418]

you would think that interviewers would be aware that the worst interviewers are those that cannot stop interrupting the guest

[@nikitamohanan2124]

He just was just adding his opinion or comment on why he thought Khan probably went the non profit route. It was more about contributing to the conversation and discussion than wanting to purposely interrupt him.

[@aakimowgli]

Huge Fan!

[@sohamrane6058]

No words for this organisation...

[@rj-oq5vx]

From my point of view I think India have to give India's highest civilian award to this man

[@srirampatnaik9164]

He's not indian, he's american, that too of bangladeshi descent

[@akramraza8361]

Kudos to your generous service salman sir ❤️❤️

[@SuperSahan879]

His voice!!!

[@lovedance631]

Just luv him

[@vyacheslavvaleriia9308]

Without jokes this man is the most influencial and altruistic person I've ever seen in my life. The planet must remember him!

[@rahulkumararya4391]

He should get the best citizen award

[@erenyeager5003]

If i ever become a rich person in future then i will surely donate some millions in his foundation. He is doing a fantastic job. Making education accessible to all. This will help eradicate inequality between the classes in the society. Traditionally the elite class kids used to get quality education because that was very expensive and require logistics that the bottom class couldn’t afford.

[@prestocranius7627]

Ray romano of education

[@vyshak4455]

Wow He does kinda look like him haha.

[@grains6002]

For reference, hedge fund analysts in the us typically make 200-500k USd a year

[@freizagen]

He did it right, now he has both the money and fame, else he would had neither.

[@nikitamohanan2124]

I don't know if he wouldn't have had either or wouldn't have been successful if he was running a for profit organization I mean look at Elon Musk and other billionaires...

[@ariah5093]

Thank you!

[@bakersmileyface]

Sal Khan is my hero. If one day I manage to become educated enough and proficient enough to teach, I would like to do what Sal is doing. Help to elevate people for free. Without Sal I would not be going to university right now. I would have stuck with a passable school education and no hopes or dreams to attain any higher because it would take too much time and money off my hands. Khan Academy is a Godsend and I can't thank him enough for what he's doing.

[@sealmango3666]

absolute legend

[@nadadallal5177]

the best person ever

[@yeo1913]

My 2nd Chemistry Teacher

[@FatimaIsaac-kv4zm]

Thanks So much SAL' much appreciated'

[@poojapatel463]

Thank you so much

[@loyaltychange4123]

respect

[@farhanbinfuad3368]

He should have gotten novel prize long time ago

[@khanshahid9515]

Excellent brother

[@appalarajuseeram7679]

Great

[@yeo1913]

my second chemistry teacher

[@diegoamores9295]

He should open up his own schools

[@tlijaniraed1599]

i love this man

[@dystopian_1]

He is a fucken genius!

[@DanielBro42]

I love him, I am truly, actually, really literally - love him

[@oyster4545]

Deserve noble prize🏆

[@endoneswa]

One of John Lennon's guy. A dreamer.

[@drinkwaterpeople]

He's a king ✨👑

[@ifaa5755]

The host interrupts a lot.

[@khairulbashar407]

Love a lot.....

[@ightimmaheadout290]

This guy pioneered online learning and accessibility

[@HeierMr]

a REAL hero

[@chenwu9867]

So should other types of education, too

[@TheFinalStanza94]

But why the moderator always feeling the need to give his input

[@maurolawall]

Hero!

[@malamalini9784]

Which book was he talking about?

[@irfan83amu]

The Foundation series -a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. The premise of the stories is that, in the waning days of a future Galactic Empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon spends his life developing a theory of psychohistory,by which he can predict the future of large populations. Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Empire, which encompasses the entire Milky Way, and a dark age lasting 30,000 years before a second empire arises.Although the inertia of the Empire's fall is too great to stop, Seldon devises a plan by which "the onrushing mass of events must be deflected just a little" to eventually limit this interregnum to just one thousand years.

[@Raushan070]

7 people have disliked it too 😆😆

[@Slablnt]

Ohh !! Now I wonder why musk I as interested into this..

[@Amin2k]

This man is a hero

[@gulinasirova3257]

why don't they just shut up and let him talk ??

[@shahinsikder9263]

his root in my district which is name Barisal

[@DanzEnglish]

I'm wondering. How does he make money if it's non-profit?

[@abdi6983]

KZbin, corporation donors individual donors puplic speaking fees, and more people work there to change not make money.

[@DanzEnglish]

@@abdi6983 I can understand that "changing" part, just curious since literally they still need money to at least pay the electricity for the building, but I've got the answer I'm looking for. Thanks anyway 👍

[@Daisy-nd7iw]

@@DanzEnglish non profit doesn't mean they don't make any money, they just don't keep any with themselves for profit and utilise it with the cost of running the organization. You'll see in cases people work in non profits and still get paid a salary.

[@DK-mq9zf]

Great. But he does make over a million dollars in salary. I wanna hear about this!

[@doraemon61377]

He is just a hypocrite

[@XODUS.0]

@@doraemon61377 and u are a fool

[@polymaths9378]

inspriational :)

[@purecapio-soicalist4710]

Dev manus

[@YushinWE]

Is it just me who thinks the host is rude

[@ivan5844]

I love this man ❤.