Gregory W. Cappelli

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Gregory W. Cappelli (born c. 1968^[1]) is an American business executive who specializes in national education policy. He is the CEO of Apollo Education Group, a Fortune 1000 company^[2][3] and the parent company of the University of Phoenix, as well as chairman of Apollo Global,^[4] a subsidiary company that invests money in educational institutions.^[5]

Cappelli began working at Apollo Education Group (“Apollo”) in 2007,^[4] serving as executive vice president of global strategy and assistant to the executive chairman. He was appointed co-CEO of Apollo on April 27, 2009, at the age of 41.^[6] As co-CEO, he shared the role with Chas Edelstein. The two men had worked together at Credit Suisse before each joined Apollo Group. Three years later, he became the sole CEO of the Apollo.^[1]

In 2012, Mother Jones named him one of the ten most overpaid CEOs.^[7]

During Cappelli's work as CEO, Apollo partnered with Fortune 1000 companies to train company employees. In 2015, Apollo created a business unit called Apollo Professional Development. The unit runs programs that train employees at Fortune 1000 companies.^[8] Chief Executive Magazine called him “passionate about creating a skilled workforce for employees.”^[9]

Cappelli is a member of:

• Former^[10] board of directors members of Everybody Wins!, located in New York^[4]
• The Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Club of America^[10]
• The board of trustees of his graduate school alma mater, Dominican University^[10]

A few days after the 2012 presidential election, he was on a live C-SPAN television special called “Voter Demographics and 2012 Elections.” He served as a panelist offering his insight and answering questions from the audience.^[11]

While he was an analyst at Credit Suisse, in the 2003 “Beat on the Street” analyst survey, he earned “top honors.”^[1]

He graduated with a B.A. in economics from Indiana University. He later earned an MBA at Dominican University.^[4]

• Executive profile at Apollo Group
• Greg Cappelli on "What it Takes", Education Nation. (Video). NBC, 2014.