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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[septwelve]

"Education must be free" - Sal khan.

[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

[nahomgirmachew]

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!

[rodelasukriti]

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

[yaredarcher]

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

[phanidharkumar]

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!!!

[tm]

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

[summitsingh]

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.

[explorer]

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

[jasonzacharias]

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

[cranberrymechanical]

I was in jail for 6 months and the only free entertainment was thousands of kahn academy educational videos. I now have all kinds of knowledge I didn't have before

[siddhishah]

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

[vyacheslavvaleriia]

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

[isaiahvita]

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

[aadhilrf]

14 dislikes from Byju's employees

[aashishdewangan]

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

[erenyeager]

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.

[dape.]

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

[akramraza]

Kudos to your generous service salman sir ❤️❤️

[lisalopez]

This man is such a great human and the world needs more people like him.