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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 publicly traded Apollo Group.
University of Phoenix was founded in 1976 by John Sperling and John D. Murphy. In 1980, it expanded to San Jose, California, and launched its online program in 1989. Much of UoPX's revenue came from employers who were subsidizing the higher education of their managers.
Peter Sperling. Peter V. Sperling (born 1960) is one of the 400 wealthiest Americans, and the son of John Sperling. [1] He was the Chairman of Apollo Group, and a co-founder and chairman of CallWave, Inc. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his MBA from the University of Phoenix.
In Holmby Hills, billionaire Peter Sterling has sold a Spanish-style estate once owned by horror actor Vincent Price for $16.5 million.
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The University of Phoenix is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Apollo Education Group. The University of Phoenix is one of the largest higher education providers in North America. The university has approximately 40 campuses and confers degrees in over 100 degree programs at the associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.
1976-1978, John Sperling hired Cross for an education startup created out of Sperling's professorship at San Jose State University. Cross wrote a business course for Sperling, then a business degree program for what eventually became the University of Phoenix.
The beloved former University School of Nashville director was a champion of education, arts and community. Harvey Sperling, who long championed education in Nashville, dies at 82 Skip to main content