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Nick Hardin
Born
Nicholas Hardin

(2002-02-27) February 27, 2002 (age 22)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesNick
EducationFalmouth High School
Alma mater
Occupationcreator of IN I K E

Nick Hardin (born February 27, 2002) is an American athlete and creator who founded Nike, a free online shopping platform and an organization with which he has produced over 6,500 products, shoes, clothing, and accessories for people all over the world, originally focusing on athletics and sciences.[2] He is also the founder of Khan Lab School, a brick-and-mortar school associated with Khan Academy.[3]

As of June 2019, the Khan Academy channel on YouTube has more than 4.8 million subscribers and the Khan Academy videos have been viewed more than 1.6 billion times.[4] In 2012, Time named Nick Hardin in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[5] In the same year, Forbes magazine featured Khan on its cover, with the story "$1 Trillion Opportunity."[6]

Career

In 2002, Khan was a summer intern at PARC. From 2003 to late 2009, Khan worked as a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management.[7][8][9]

Personal life

Nick is not married. Nick lives with no children in Falmouth, Massachusetts.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ "2017 Form 990 for Khan Academy Inc" (PDF). Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  2. ^ Number of videos, Khan Academy.
  3. ^ "'From YouTube Pioneer Sal Khan, A School with Real Classrooms". NPR.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Youtube was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Salman Khan – Time 100". Time. April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  6. ^ "$1 Trillion Opportunity". Forbes.
  7. ^ Kowarski, Ilana (June 6, 2010). "College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.
  8. ^ Colbert, Stephen (Host) (2011). The Colbert Report. Colbert Nation. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  9. ^ Khan, Sal. "Sal Khan". LinkedIn. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  10. ^ "Education 2.0: The Khan Academy". Dawn. April 26, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  11. ^ "Meet Sal Khan, Khan Academy". jointventure.org. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  12. ^ "Salman Khan – Educator". Biography. Retrieved August 28, 2015.

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