![]() Who better to motivate college grads than Khan? Raised by an immigrant single mother, he founded his “global school” from what began, in 2004, as a simple favor for his 9-year-old cousin Nadia, who needed help in passing a crucial math placement test. chose Khan to inspire its 2012 class to change their world. The founder of Khan Academy, a nonprofit school dedicated to providing “A free world-class education for anyone, anywhere” is a world changer. It had only been five years earlier that the then 36-year-old had been a hedge fund analyst - successful, yes, but not a world changer. In 2012, Khan had been invited by his alma mater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), to give their commencement address. “You’re asking ME?” Salman Khan was incredulous.
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