Laureate - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Laureate M&A Summary

Laureate has acquired 2 companies. It has also divested 11 assets.

Laureate’s largest acquisition to date was in 1995, when it acquired Prometric for $75M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2020, when it sold Walden University to Adtalem Global Education for $1.5B. Laureate has acquired in 1 US state, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include education (100%).

Laureate Business Overview

Where is Laureate headquartered?

Laureate is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

What is Laureate’s revenue?

Laureate disclosed revenue of 1,087M USD for 2021 and 1,025M USD for 2020.

What sector is Laureate in?

Laureate is an education company.

When was Laureate founded?

Laureate was founded in 1998.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity13
    • M&A Buy Activity2
    • M&A Sell Activity11
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 11
  • M&A Advisors 5

Laureate

Laureate Education, Inc.

650 S. Exeter Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
United States,
(410) 843-6100
www.laureate.net

Laureate is a provider of higher education. The company’s network of 60 accredited campus-based and online universities offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 740,000 students across 29 countries. Laureate offers more than 130 career-focused, undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degree programs in fields including architecture, art, business, culinary arts, design, education, engineering, health sciences, hospitality, information technology, law, and medicine. Laureate was founded in 1998 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $75M $75M
Sell (0.8/yr) # 7 3 1 - - - 11
vol $775M $2.8B $3.6B
  13

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Laureate Education, Inc. - Higher Education Institutions 2021-05-28 - Divestiture
Baltimore, Maryland
Laureate Education, Inc. - Brazilian Operations 2020-09-13 724M USD Divestiture
, Brazil
Walden University 2020-09-11 1.5B USD Divestiture
Minneapolis, Minnesota · waldenu.edu
Laureate Education, Inc. - Australia and New Zealand Academic Operations 2020-07-29 643M USD Divestiture
, Australia
Laureate Education, Inc. - Universidad Interamericana de Panamá 2019-07-26 - Unknown
, Panama
Universidad Europea 2018-12-12 - Divestiture
Madrid, Spain · www.universidadeuropea.es
Laureate International Universities France SAS 2016-04-19 - Divestiture
Paris, France
Glion Institute of Higher Education 2016-03-15 - Divestiture
Montreux, Switzerland · www.glion.edu
Les Roches International School of Hotel Management 2016-03-15 - Divestiture
Bluche, Switzerland · www.lesroches.edu
Think Education Group Pty Ltd. 2013-11-07 - Stake Purchase
Sydney, Australia · www.think.edu.au
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Education 2 (100%) 75M (100%) 10 (91%) 2.1B (59%)
Internet Software and Services - - 1 (9%) 1.5B (41%)
Total 2 $75M 11 $3.6B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 1 75M 4 2.3B
  Maryland 1 75M 3 775M
  Minnesota - - 1 1.5B
Australia 1 - 1 643M
Switzerland - - 2 -
Brazil - - 1 724M
France - - 1 -
Panama - - 1 -
Spain - - 1 -
Domestic 1 (50%) 75M (100%) 4 (36%) 2.3B (62%)
Cross-border 1 (50%) - 7 (64%) 1.4B (38%)
Total 2 $75M 11 $3.6B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs
 1
Rothschild Global Advisory
 1
Legal Deals
Jones Day
 1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
 1
Gide Loyrette Nouel
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 1 $75M
TOTAL $75M
Largest Prometric, Inc.
$75M (1995-07-21)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $1.5B
$100M to $1B 3 $2.1B
TOTAL $3.6B
Largest Walden University
$1.5B (2020-09-11)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
50%
1 (50%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
27%
3 (27%)
Strategic(s)
64%
7 (64%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Education

Revenue

1,087   7% 2021
1,025   69% 2020
3,250   3% 2019
3,350   2018
(millions of USD) Show More Show Less

Established

1998

Public

NASDAQ: LAUR

Former Name

Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc.

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