Education Management Corporation
www.edmc.edu
Education Management, with over 136,000 students as of October 2009, is among the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America. Education Management has 98 primary locations in 30 states and Canada. Education Management's educational institutions offer a broad range of academic programs concentrated in the media arts, design, fashion, culinary arts, behavioral sciences, health sciences, education, information technology, legal studies and business fields, culminating in the award of associate's through doctoral degrees as well as non-degree programs. Education Management has provided career-oriented education for over 40 years.
Education Management provides education through four primary systems: The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), Argosy University (www.argosyu.edu), Brown Mackie College (www.brownmackie.edu) and South University (www.southuniversity.edu).
Leeds Equity, as a result of its experience and expertise in the Knowledge Industries generally and in the postsecondary sector specifically, developed the investment thesis that led to the acquisition of Education Management. Leeds Equity conceived, sourced on a proprietary basis, structured, and led the $3.4 billion take-private acquisition of Education Management in 2006. This transaction was the largest buyout of an education company and the first going-private transaction in the postsecondary sector.