1. Apollo Group
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Apollo Group Inc.
Public (NASDAQ: APOL)
Type
1973
Founded
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Headquarters
John Sperling ,Founder
Key people
For-Profit Education
Industry
$9.2 billion USD[1]
Market cap
$2.723 billion(2007)
Revenue
14,500+[1]
Employees
http://www.apollogrp.edu/
Website
This article is about the educational services company. For the private equity firm, see Apollo
Management.
Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) is an S&P 500 corporation based in the South Phoenix
area of Phoenix, Arizona. Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides higher education
to working adults. The company offers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in
business, criminal justice, general studies, health administration, and information technology. It
provides program development services, which include degree program design, curriculum
development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services to
regionally accredited private colleges and universities. Apollo Group also offers its educational
programs worldwide through its computerized educational delivery system. In addition, it
provides other services, which include recruiting and training faculty, monitoring academic
quality, and providing support services. Further, the company offers professional education
programs, such as continuing education for teachers; custom training; environmental training;
and other programs leading to certification in the areas of business, technology, and nursing. The
company owns and operates four higher-learning institutions: the University of Phoenix, Western
International University, Axia College (of University of Phoenix), the College for Financial
Planning, the Institute for Professional Development, Insight Schools (Online Public High
Schools for Washington, Wisconsin, and other locations), and Olympus High School. As of

2. November 2005, the combined enrollment of the four U.S. domestic universities (UOPX, WIU,
Axia, CFP) was approximately 315,350 students. Of these, nearly 90% attend the University of
Phoenix, which Apollo describes as quot;the nation’s largest regionally accredited private universityquot;
[7]
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Contents
1 History
2 Joint venture with Carlyle Group
3 Apollo Global
4 List of Subsidiaries
5 Controversy
6 External links
o 6.1 News articles
7 References
[edit] History
Apollo Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 in response to a gradual shift in higher education
demographics from a student population dominated by youth to one in which approximately half
the students are adults and over 80 percent of whom work full-time.[citation needed] Apollo's founder,
John Sperling, believed that employment with a single employer would be replaced by lifelong
learning and employment with a variety of employers.
Corporate revenues for the year ending August 31, 2005 were $2.251 billion[2]. As of August 31,
2005, Apollo Group offers its programs and services at 90 campuses in 39 states, Puerto Rico,
Alberta, and British Columbia, as well as the Netherlands.
Recently, Charles quot;Chasquot; Edelstein became the Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Group, a
position that remained vacant for many years. Chas joins Joe D'Amico, the Chief Financial
Officer, President, and Treasurer as the two key executive officers. Chas joined Apollo Group in
late 2008 from Credit Suisse.[3]
[edit] Joint venture with Carlyle Group
According to a news release October 22, 2007, Apollo Group and the Carlyle Group will form a
$1 billion joint venture to invest in international education services which will be named Apollo
Global. Apollo Group has committed approximately $801 million and will own 80.1% of the
new company and Carlyle has committed approximately $199 million and will own 19.9%.
Apollo Global will replace the existing Apollo International, a separate company in which
Apollo had invested.[4][5]
[edit] Apollo Global

3. As part of their expanding global stature, Apollo Group has formed Apollo Global to manage
and form subsidiaries, assets, and holdings overseas. As part of their first acquisitions, Apollo
Global acquired Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicacion 'UNIACC' in Chile as well
as Meritus University in Canada.[6][7]
[edit] List of Subsidiaries
University of Phoenix / Axia College
Western International University
College for Financial Planning
Institute for Professional Development
Insight Schools [8]
Olympus High School
Orange Lutheran Online
Meritus University, Canada [9]
Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Communicacion (UNIACC), Chile [10]
Universidad Latinoamericana S.C. (ULA), Mexico [11]
Aptimus Marketing [12]
[edit] Controversy
The Apollo Group is the target of a securities-related lawsuit [13] alleging that the group
disseminated false financial statements to stock purchasers. In January 2008, Apollo was found
guilty of fraud for misleading investors by not disclosing a Department of Education report
harshly critical of University of Phoenix's recruitment practices. The jury awarded the plaintiffs
$280 million.[14] The Nasdaq Listing and Hearings Review Council notified Apollo Group of
possible delisting of its shares, and a New York law firm filed a class action lawsuit alleging that
Apollo made false and misleading statements and omitted material information concerning the
backdating of options granted by the company.[15] In the midst of the Nasdaq probe, Apollo CFO
Kenda Gonzalez and Controller Daniel E. Bachus resigned.[15]
Judge Overturns $280-Million Verdict Against the Apollo Group A federal judge has
overturned a $280-million jury verdict against the Apollo Group in a shareholder lawsuit. The
jury decided in January that the company had misled investors. In an order issued this week,
however, Judge James A. Teilborg of the U.S. District Court for Arizona ruled that as a matter of
law, the company was not responsible for their stock losses.
The case stems from the 2004 release of a U.S. Department of Education report and subsequent
publicity about aggressive recruiting tactics undertaken by the University of Phoenix, a
subsidiary of the Apollo Group. Five days after the department’s findings became public, a Wall
Street stock analyst, Kelly Flynn, published her own reports assessing the case, sending the stock
price down.

4. Investors who had held the company’s stock sued the Apollo Group, alleging that it had misled
them by not disclosing information about the department’s review in a timely way. The company
had maintained that the department’s report was inaccurate.
In his ruling, Judge Teilborg states that the Apollo Group “misled the market in various ways”
concerning the report, but adds that the investors failed to prove under the law that the
company’s actions caused them harm. He agreed with Apollo’s argument that Ms. Flynn’s
reports did not include information that was not already public. The investors have said they plan
to appeal. —Goldie Blumenstyk
http://chronicle.com/news/article/4938/judge-overturns-280-million-verdict-against-the-apollo-
group
[edit] External links
Yahoo! Finance profile of Apollo Group
Universidad Latinoamericana, S.C. México
[edit] News articles
University of Phoenix fined record $9.8 million article on the Arizona Daily Star (of
Pulitzer, Inc.)
Trouble Grows for University Built on Profits, NY Times, February 11, 2007 by Sam
Dillon
[edit] References
1. ^ a b quot;Company Profile for Apollo Group Inc (APOL)quot;.
http://www.zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=APOL&page=quotesearch. Retrieved on
2008-10-21.
2. ^ Apollo Group 2005 annual report
3. ^ Apollo Group Management [1]
4. ^ Apollo Group and the Carlyle Group Form $1 Billion Joint Venture to Make
Investments in the International Education Services Sector, Apollo website, October 27,
2007
5. ^ Apollo Goes Global, Inside Higher Education, October 22, 2007, Doug Lederman
6. ^ Apollo Group, Inc. Launches New University, May 13, 2008
7. ^ Apollo Global Completes Acquisition of Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y
Comunicacion 'UNIACC', April 1, 2008
8. ^ Apollo Group, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Insight Schools [2]
9. ^ Apollo Group, Inc. Launches New University [3]
10. ^ Apollo Global Completes Acquisition of Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y
Comunicacion 'UNIACC' [4]
11. ^ Apollo Group Enters Mexican Education Market [5]
12. ^ Apollo Group Completes Acquisition of Aptimus [6]

5. 13. ^ Judge Upholds Securities Suit Against Apollo Group, The Business Journal of Phoenix,
October 20, 2005,
14. ^ Jury Finds U of Phoenix Parent Company Liable for $280 Million Chronicle of Higher
Education January 16, 2008
15. ^ a b Apollo controller resigns on heels of CFO departure, The Business Journal of
Phoenix, by Angela Gonzales, November 9, 2006
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Corporate John Blair • Dino DeConcini • Hedy Govenar • John R. Norton • John Sperling • Peter
Directors Sperling
Axia College • College for Financial Planning • Institute for Professional
Development • Meritus University • University of Phoenix • Western International
Assets
University
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