Peter Sperling Net Worth | TheRichest

June 2024 · 3 minute read
Peter Sperling

Birthname Peter V. Sperling Education University of Phoenix and University of California, Santa Barbara Profession Businessman Net worth $1,500,000,000 Source of Wealth Business (Education - Apollo Education Group) Nationality American Country United States Marital Status Married (Stephanie Sperling) Children 2 (Max and Eve)

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Peter Sperling's accumulated net worth is $1.5 billion, making him one of the richest and most prominent people in Arizona. He is the son of John Sperling, a successful educational entrepreneur. Peter Sperling is a graduate of B.A Economics in the University of California- Santa Barbara. Furthermore, he went to earn his M.B.A from the school that is founded by his father, The University of Phoenix. At present, he currently serves as the Director and Senior Vice President of the Apollo Group, as well as the numerous educational institutions that it governs.

Adding to his list of success, he's also the president and co-founder of FuzeBox, Inc., originally known as Callwave, Incorporated. In the late 90's FuzeBox started as an internet and fax answering machine company, but has shifted to video conference call and movie editing platform in an endeavor to remain profitable. He's also a benefactor of Proposition 7 in 2008, a bill in which all utilities in California are required to get half of their electrical power from renewable energy by the year 2025.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2019

Sale of Asset

Selling price of Peter Sperling's 8,846-square-foot estate atop the Russian Hill neighborhood in San Francisco and 11,653-square-foot Holmby Hills estate in Los Angeles, California

$34,800,000

2017

Sale of Asset

A private deal with the private equity firm Apollo Global Management that involved the University of Phoenix, one of the U.S.’s largest for-profit schools as the chairman of the school’s parent company, Apollo Education Group

$1,100,000,000

2017

Sale of Asset

Selling price of Peter Sperling's 18,900-square-foot Phoenix estate

$16,850,000

2016

Earnings

Total compensation as the Chairman of the Board of Apollo Education Group Inc.

$1,630,000

2016

Others

Other compensation as the Chairman of the Board of Apollo Education Group Inc.

$3,480

2016

Bonus

Bonus as the Chairman of the Board of Apollo Education Group Inc.

$721,800

2016

Salary

Base salary as the Chairman of the Board of Apollo Education Group Inc.

$900,000

2015

Asset

Sale of Peter Sperling's 3.34-acre mansion built in Spanish Colonial Revival style, features a rounded turret entryway, wood-beamed ceilings, arched windows and wrought iron fixtures in Montecito, California

$10,500,000

2011

Asset

Purchase value of Peter Sperling's historic Russian Hill property in San Francisco, California

$9,000,000

2010

Asset

Peter Sperling's investment in the Seed Round of Jelli

$2,000,000

2004

Asset

Purchase value of Peter Sperling's Holmby Hills estate, the 1.65-acre property that sits north of Sunset Boulevard on a gated and high-hedged lot

$15,000,000

2003

Earning Turned Donation

Donation of Peter Sperling and his wife to the campaign to save Ellwood Mesa, a renowned monarch butterfly site and wildlife habitat

$5,000,000

2003

Asset

Purchase value of Peter Sperling's 8,846-square-foot estate atop the Russian Hill neighborhood in San Francisco

$14,000,000

1996

Asset

Purchase value of Peter Sperling's 3.34-acre mansion built in Spanish Colonial Revival style, features a rounded turret entryway, wood-beamed ceilings, arched windows and wrought iron fixtures in Montecito, California

$3,000,000

1995

Asset

Purchase value of Peter Sperling's 18,900-square-foot Phoenix estate

$2,450,000

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