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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...
Aug 26, 2014 · Aug. 25, 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...
Aug 26, 2014 · By Elaine Woo writer. Aug. 25, 2014 8 PM PT. 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...
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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 24, 2014 · Aug 24, 2014. Updated Aug 25, 2014, 4:35pm MST. John Sperling, the billionaire founder of University of Phoenix, died Friday at the age of 93, according to a statement from UOP parent company...
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Aug 25, 2014 · John G. Sperling, who overcame learning problems early in life and went on to found the for-profit University of Phoenix, has died, company officials said Sunday. He was 93.
Aug 25, 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...