Shafiq Khan's guest appearances

Shafiq Khan

Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)

What's Working in Washington

All Things Grinnell

Rich Karlgaard

Peter Diamandis

Fannie Mae

Seth Godin

Toni Morrison

Ralph Lauren

Marc Lore

Estee Lauder

Scott Galloway

Larry Sanger

Pat Grady

Simon Sinek

Scott Adams

Peter Zeihan

Stanley McChrystal

OwlTail

Shafiq Khan, President and CEO of Teach The World Foundation, discusses the effort behind tackling an essential problem of modernity-- ensuring everyone has access to its tools through education.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 380 - How literacy can prevent poverty - Shafiq Khan

On this special episode of All Things Grinnell, we talk with Shafiq Khan, the winner of the 2019 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize. Khan is the founder and CEO of EMPOWER PEOPLE, an organization in northern India that works to eradicate bride trafficking and empower and liberate the women and girls who are victimized. 

On this special episode of All Things Grinnell, we talk with Shafiq Khan, the winner of the 2019 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize. Khan is the founder and CEO of EMPOWER PEOPLE, an organization in northern India that works to eradicate bride trafficking and empower and liberate the women and girls who are victimized.

Empower People: Grinnell Prize Winner Shafiq Khan

Shafiq is the President and Founding Partner of Teach the World Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to enhance global literacy using digital technology. Prior founding Teach the World, Shafiq was the Senior Vice President of Chanel Strategy and Distribution at Marriott International, where he was responsible for leading all of Marriott’s distribution channels, growing them from $150MM in revenue to in excess of $15 billion. Shafiq received his MBA from Harvard Business School and an economics degree from Punjab University in Pakistan. In this interview, Shafiq shares how he’s leveraging his experience as a digital pioneer to establish and deploy models of literacy and learning effectively and at scale through the power of digital technology. Globally, two of every seven people are functionally illiterate, and Shafiq argues that traditional models of education cannot effectively close this gap, especially in the developing world. Shafiq’s believes digital technology can democratize education to benefit not just the individuals receiving it, but the global economy as a whole.

Shafiq is the President and Founding Partner of Teach the World Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to enhance global literacy using digital technology. Prior founding Teach the World, Shafiq was the Senior Vice President of Chanel Strategy and Distribution at Marriott International, where he was responsible for leading all of Marriott’s distribution channels, growing them from $150MM in revenue to in excess of $15 billion. Shafiq received his MBA from Harvard Business School and an economics degree from Punjab University in Pakistan. In this interview, Shafiq shares how he’s leveraging his experience as a digital pioneer to establish and deploy models of literacy and learning effectively and at scale through the power of digital technology. Globally, two of every seven people are functionally illiterate, and Shafiq argues that traditional models of education cannot effectively close this gap, especially in the developing world. Shafiq’s believes digital technology can democratize education to benefit not just the individuals receiving it, but the global economy as a whole.

Shafiq Khan, Founding President, Teach the World Foundation