FACT SHEET an Overview of Apollo Global Acnvines
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FACT SHEET An Overview of Apollo Global Ac2vi2es Overview: • Formed in 2007, Apollo Global, Inc. is an educaon company specializing in helping students transform both their personal future and that of their communi2es through educaon at a variety of levels. • The company’s vision is to broaden student opportunity, grow the knowledge base of the communi2es it serves and advance the educaonal landscape worldwide. • Apollo Global provides business and technology management, consul2ng and training and operaonal services in the fields of higher educaon and educaon administraon to its network of schools and third par2es. • Apollo Global ins2tu2ons are commiGed to enhancing student learning through innovave, robust programs – with an emphasis on higher educaon and its resultant effect on the global economy. • Apollo Global is a consolidated subsidiary of Apollo Educaon Group, Inc., Nasdaq: APOL. Highlights: • Today, the Apollo Global network includes: • BPP, a leading UK-based private educaon provider serving over 50,000 business, accountancy and legal students annually; • Bridge School of Management, a post-secondary ins2tu2on offering industry-oriented programs to working professionals in India; • Faculdade da Educacional da Lapa (FAEL), serves approximately 12,000 students in Brazil with blended learning offerings in high-demand knowledge fields; • Instuto Superior de las Artes y Comunicaciones (IACC), Chile’s first and only 100% online professional ins2tute focused on educang working adults; • Milpark Educaon (Milpark); #1 ranked private provider of MBA degrees in South Africa that also offers Higher Educaon, Further Educaon and Training qualificaons; • Open Colleges Australia (OCA), delivers highly flexible, accessible and affordable educaon and training to over 700,000 Australians since 1910; • Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Communicaon (UNIACC), one of the leading arts and communicaons universi2es and an online pioneer in Chile; and • Universidad Lanoamericana (ULA), educates over 10,000 working adult and tradi2onal students and awarded the highest possible level of accreditaon in Mexico. Leadership: • Execu2ve Leadership • Gregory W. Cappelli – CEO, Apollo Educaon Group | Chairman, Apollo Global • Curt Uehlein– President, Apollo Global • Mehul Patel – Chief Operang Officer Asia/Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Global Services 12/14 12/14 Timeline: • 1973 – Apollo Educaon Group, Inc. was founded in response to a gradual shig in higher educaon demographics from a student populaon dominated by youth to one in which approximately half the students are adults and over 80 percent of whom work full 2me. • 1976 – Dr. John G. Sperling founded University of Phoenix with the sole mission of iden2fying and mee2ng the educaonal needs of working adult students – University of Phoenix opened with a class of eight students. • 1989 – Apollo Educaon Group began distance learning modality by offering its educaonal programs throughout the world via University of Phoenix’s Distance and Online Educaon. • 2007 – Apollo Global, a joint venture between Apollo Educaon Group and private equity firm, The Carlyle Group, launched to broaden student opportunity, grow the knowledge base of the communi2es it serves and advance the educaonal landscape worldwide. • 2008 – Apollo Global announced the acquisi2on of UNIACC, a private arts and communicaons university in Chile, as well as it related en22es. • 2008 – Apollo Global announced its purchase of a majority stake in ULA a private university based in Mexico City, from Carlyle Mexico Partners. • 2009 – Apollo Global announced its acquisi2on of UK-based BPP Holdings Ltd. • 2012 – Apollo Global announced a joint venture with HT Media in India to launch a new post-graduate business school, Bridge School of Management. • 2013 – Apollo Global announced its acquisi2on of Australia-based Open Colleges Australia. • 2014 – Apollo Global announced its acquisi2ons of Milpark Educaon in South Africa and FAEL in Brazil. EnCCes within Apollo Global: • BPP University (BPP) • BPP Professional Educaon & Development (BPP) • Bridge School of Management (Bridge) • Faculdade da Educacional da Lapa (FAEL) • Ins2tuto Superior de las Artes y Comunicaciones (IACC) • Milpark Educaon (Milpark) • Open Colleges Australia (OCA) • Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación (UNIACC) • Universidad Lanoamericana (ULA) AccreditaCon: • BPP University is a UK degree-awarding body recognised by the UK’s Privy Council, with four schools: BPP Business School, BPP Law School, BPP School of Health and BPP School of Foundaon and English Language Studies • BPP has the most pres2gious ACCA accreditaon - the Planum status and is the first UK private educaon provider to have University status. • Bridge has endorsements from SHRM India. • Milpark is registered with the South African Department of Higher Educaon and Training (DHET) as a Private Higher Educaon Ins2tu2on • OCA is accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). • ULA was recently awarded the highest possible level of accreditaon (“Lisa y Llana”) by FIMPES, the principal accreditor of private universi2es in Mexico. For More InformaCon: • Please contact your Workforce Solu2ons Advisor for more informaon. .