The year is 2050, Khan Academy has raised 2 billion in funding, restructured as a for-profit corporation, and has vendor lock-in with nearly every school and ch

The year is 2050, Khan Academy has raised 2 billion in funding, restructured as a for-profit corporation, and has vendor lock-in with nearly every school and child in the world. Khan academy charges a minimum of $800/yr/student. The CEO takes home $56 million a year. Which do you prefer, 800k, or 50 mil? Do we really want to a world where a brilliant mind, Sal Khan, is not rewarded at all for leaving his hedge fund career to make YouTube videos for next to nothing for many months, if not years? On top of that, he likely had a very real opportunity to turn Khan academy into a huge company, but instead went the non hockey stick, nonprofit route. Being a part of a successful non profit doesn’t mean you need to dip into your employees and your own salary to pay bills. Some of this might just be publicity to show that Khan academy is growing rapidly with remote learning.