Laureate is an international community of universities that encourages learning without boundaries. Our purpose is to offer higher education with a unique multicultural perspective, and prepare our students for exciting careers and life-long achievement. We believe that when our students succeed, countries prosper and societies benefit.
Laureate was founded in 1989 as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc., a provider of a broad array of supplemental and remedial educational services. In 1999, we made our first investment in global higher education with our acquisition of Universidad Europea de Madrid.
Laureate is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
January 1 – December 31.
We have students enrolled at multiple institutions, primarily throughout Latin America. You can find the full list here.
Our stated public benefit is firmly rooted in our company mission and our belief that when our students succeed, countries prosper and societies benefit. Becoming a public benefit corporation underscores our commitment to our purpose and our stakeholders, including students, regulators, employers, local communities and stockholders.
You can learn more about our PBC status here.
Under Delaware law, public benefit corporations are required to identify, in their certificate of incorporation, the public benefit or benefits they will promote. In addition, their directors have a duty to manage the affairs of the corporation in a manner that balances the pecuniary interests of the stockholders, the best interests of those materially affected by the corporation’s conduct, and the specific public benefit or public benefits identified in the public benefit corporation’s certificate of incorporation.
We’re traded under the ticker symbol LAUR on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
Laureate first traded on Nasdaq on February 1, 2017. The IPO price was $14.00 per share.
You can find our current stock price here.
We currently do not anticipate paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. We expect to retain our future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business.
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Address: Operations Center 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219
Telephone: (800) 937-5449 or (718) 921-8124
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Our press releases are located here.
You can learn about our management team here.
You can find it here.
Earnings information can be found here.
For investor inquiries, please contact IR.
For press inquiries, please contact Adam.Smith@laureate.net.