✎ About Peter Sperling

Peter Sperling was born in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Peter Sperling is the son of John Sperling, the for-profit education pioneer who founded the University of Phoenix and its parent company, Apollo Education Group. Peter joined the business in 1983, a decade after his father founded it, and became Apollo's chairman in 2012. In February 2017, Apollo was acquired by a consortium of investors that includes private equity firms Vistria Group and Apollo Global Management. The company, which had gone public in 1994, was taken private in the $1.1 billion deal, and Sperling was replaced as chairman. He had been a big investor in the company until shares started declining in 2009 as enrollment dropped in the system, which offers classes online and at a patchwork of campuses in dozens of states. He then began unloading most of his stake despite continuing to work in the management of the business.
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💰Peter Sperling Net worth: $1.6 Billion

2009 $1.25 Billion

2010 $1.15 Billion

2011 $1.15 Billion

2012 $1.15 Billion

2013 $1.15 Billion

2014 $1.3 Billion

2015 $1.3 Billion

2016 $1.2 Billion

2017 $1.4 Billion

2018 $1.4 Billion

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Biography/Timeline

2008

Sperling sponsored and financially backed Proposition 7 of California's November 2008 general election.

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