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John Glen Sperling (January 9, 1921 – August 22, 2014) was an American billionaire businessman who is credited with having led the contemporary for-profit education movement in the United States The fortune he amassed was based on his founding of the for-profit University of Phoenix for working adults in 1976, which became part of the ...
Aug 26, 2014 · Sperling, 93, a billionaire, died Sunday at a hospital near San Francisco, according to a statement from Apollo Education Group, the parent company of the University of Phoenix. His cause of...
Aug 24, 2014 · Sperling revolutionized the business of college education and access to it by creating the for-profit University of Phoenix. He also supported various social causes, from solar research to anti-aging efforts to marijuana decriminalization.
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Aug 24, 2014 · CNN — The founder of the University of Phoenix, Dr. John G. Sperling, has died, according to a statement posted on the Apollo Education Group’s website. He was 93. The statement said Sperling...
Aug 25, 2014 · RSS. John G. Sperling died this week at the age of 93. If you haven’t heard of him, you probably have heard of the school he founded, the for-profit University of Phoenix. The University of ...
Aug 26, 2014 · John G. Sperling, a poor boy from the Missouri Ozarks who survived a cruel childhood to become a college professor and a billionaire with an idea for a university that launched a revolution in...
Aug 26, 2014 · John G. Sperling, a pioneer of for-profit education who turned a $26,000 investment into the multibillion-dollar University of Phoenix, calling himself “an unintentional entrepreneur and an...
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