Salman Khan is doing an awesome job building up an open source online education system for the world. He’s a one-man show, and Salman, a former hedge fund manager with an MIT degree, has quit his hedge fund career to do his nonprofit Khan Academy full-time. Here’s Bill Gates introducing Salman Khan:
And here’s Salman introducing himself at the MIT Club of Northern California:
Folks, if you have kids, and they need tutoring in Math and Sciences, this is about as good as it gets, as testified by Mr. Gates and many others.
And if you are a young person who didn’t do so well in Math and Sciences when you took those courses, here’s your chance to brush up.
Heck, I am planning to brush up my Calculus and Linear Algebra with Salman Khan!
ps. Glad we didn’t lose THIS talent to the speculation act!