Laureate Education's Doug Becker Is Moving to China to Focus on Asia

Lest anyone doubt that Asia holds promise for American higher-education companies, the chief executive officer of Laureate Education Inc., who just engineered a $3.8-billion private-equity buyout of the company, has announced that he will be moving with his family to China in August to head up Laureate’s push in Asia………… Laureate would be establishing a new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong as part of the company’s next chapter. “Over the next year, my goal is to build out our Asia management teams, define our Asia strategy, and add important universities to our network, after which I will return to Baltimore,” Mr. Becker wrote in the message.[View Full Article]