privately held corporation industry education founded new york city 1980 headquarters new york city new york usa products real estate wealth expo trump expo revenue us 102 million 2007 number of employees 114 2007 website learningannex.com this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message the learning annex is an american education company based in new york city . it was founded in 1980 by bill zanker in his new york city studio apartment with an investment of only 5 000 . it is considered the largest adult education company in north america . the learning annex provides continuing adult education offering a wide range of classes on diverse topics including how to develop & write a winning business plan intro to pole dancing how to write a book proposal that publishers can t refuse how to talk to your cat how to buy foreclosed property make contact with lost loved ones how to shoot your own live adult video kabbalah dating how to create magical spells discover your past lives who were you before how to make your own soap how to marry the rich . learning annex has achieved pop culture status with references to it appearing on sex and the city and other television shows as well as being a subject of monologues and a component of movie and television plots . in 1991 zanker sold the learning annex only to repurchase it 11 years later in 2002 . at the time of his repurchase it had very little marketing and a roster of little known speakers . zanker put millions into advertising and marketing and revitalized the company . in recent years the learning annex has concentrated its efforts on large scale expos featuring notable speakers such as donald trump robert kiyosaki and anthony robbins . other high profile speakers include al gore rudy giuliani alan greenspan george foreman julius erving david bach joe montana bill walsh kareem abdul jabbar richard branson suze orman russell simmons barbara corcoran and john demartini . donald trump reportedly receives 1.5 million for each one hour presentation he does for learning annex . 1 in september 2006 william zanker paid 73 200 to purchase a used lincoln town car belonging to american investor warren buffett reportedly in a bid to coax buffett into conducting a learning annex class . 2 in november 2005 zanker paid 57 100 to have lunch with media mogul rupert murdoch . 3 the learning annex was no. 346 on the 2007 inc. 500 a list of the nation s fastest growing private companies with a reported three year growth of 794.1 % revenue of 102 million and 114 employees . 4 references edit http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html res 9902e0dc1530f93ba35752c0a9609c8b63 http www.prnewswire.com cgi bin stories.pl acct danews.story & story www story 09 25 2006 00044 38891 & edate mon sep 25 2006 09 00 am warren buffett sells his used car to the learning annex president for 10 times its value http cityfile.com profiles bill zanker http www.inc.com apps inc500 viewcompany.jsp cmpid 2006379 inc. 500 entry for the learning annex external links edit learning annex website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the learning annex & oldid 743936548 categories academic organizations based in the united stateseducation companies of the united stateseducational institutions established in 1980privately held companies based in new yorkhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from august 2014all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 03 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view