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Laureate Education
KKR and a consortium took Laureate Education, the world's largest for-profit higher education network (over 1 million students), private for $3.82B in 2007. Laureate has faced regulatory scrutiny in multiple countries. KKR took it public in 2017. The for-profit education model has been criticized for exploiting student loan debt.
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Identity indexed; ownership and transaction history not yet researched.
Record updated Aug. 18, 2026
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Current ownership
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Ownership and transaction history
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