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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 [1] 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...
Aug 24, 2014 · His death at 93 on Friday was announced Sunday on the website of Apollo Education Group, the University of Phoenix's parent company. A cause of death was not listed.
Aug 25, 2014 · David Gura Aug 25, 2014. Hosted by Kai Ryssdal. Get the Podcast. Apple. Spotify. Amazon Music. Stitcher. RSS. John G. Sperling died this week at the age of 93. If you haven’t heard of him, you...
Aug 26, 2014 · The self-described “unintentional entrepreneur” who founded the for-profit behemoth University of Phoenix, Sperling died Friday of complications following an infection at Marin General...
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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...
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...
