About Douglas L. Becker :
As chairman and chief executive officer, Douglas Becker led the transformation of Laureate Education (formerly Sylvan Learning Systems) from a domestic tutoring provider into the world’s leading international higher education company with operations in over 18 countries.
Mr. Becker has served as Chairman and CEO of the Company since 2000, having previously served as President and Co-CEO. Under his leadership, Sylvan became the undisputed leader in K-12 tutoring with nearly 2,000 learning centers, over 200,000 students, and the most recognized consumer brand name in education. The K-12 business of the company, now known as Educate, Inc., was sold in 2003 in order to allow the company to focus all of its energies on post-secondary education, by far its fastest growing line of business. It was in recognition of its new focus on higher education that the company changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc. in 2004.
Today, Laureate Education offers career-oriented degree programs to over 330,000 students through its network of 30 campus-based and online institutions in Europe, Asia, and the Americas – a network known as Laureate International Universities.