type wholly owned subsidiary industry education founded 1976 1976 headquarters london united kingdom key people professor carl lygo ceo & vice chancellor peter crisp dean of bpp law school tim stewart dean of bpp business school revenue 165.5 million 2008 1 operating income 21.5 million 2008 1 net income 14.0 million 2008 1 owner apollo global divisions bpp learning media bpp professional education bpp university website bpp.com bpp holdings limited is a holding company of the united kingdom based provider of professional and academic education . it has been a subsidiary of the american for profit higher education company apollo global since july 2009 having formerly been listed on the london stock exchange and a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 international operations 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by alan brierley richard price and charles prior in 1976 as brierley price prior to provide training to accountancy students . 2 it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1987 . also in 1987 the company acquired mander portman woodward a provider of fifth and sixth form teaching . 3 then in 1992 the company established bpp law school which in 2005 became a founding school of bpp college of professional studies which provides legal as well as business management training . 2 in 2007 the privy council awarded bpp college powers to award degrees . 4 the company was acquired by apollo global for 368 million 5 in july 2009 . 6 in july 2010 bpp college was awarded university college status . 7 in august 2013 bpp university college was granted full university status and now is known as bpp university . 8 mander portman woodward was sold in july 2012 . 9 operations edit the company is organised as follows 10 bpp holdings divisions logos bpp learning media bpp professional education bpp university which comprises bpp business school bpp law school bpp school of health bpp school of foundation and english language studies international operations edit bpp has many centres of professional education throughout europe in bulgaria czech republic hungary malta poland romania slovenia and slovakia . references edit a b c bpp holdings annual report 2008 a b bpp profile robert woodward teacher and entrepreneur the independent 15 november 2008 ftse company wins right to give degrees the times 25 september 2007 fearn hannah 4 august 2009 . apollo completes bpp takeover . times higher education . retrieved 2009 08 05 . bbp holdings plc uk scheme of arrangement . ftse group . 27 july 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 05 . bpp wins university college status as david willetts acts on pledge to boost private providers times higher education 26 july 2010 for profit college gains full university status exclusive bpp planning to sell sixth form business education investor 13 february 2012 apollo agrees to acquire uk based bpp holdings euroinvestor 8 june 2009 external links edit bpp holdings official site v t e bpp holdings bpp learning media bpp professional education bpp university v t e apollo group apollo global axia college bpp holdings carnegie learning college for financial planning institute for professional development meritus university university for the arts sciences and communication universidad latinoamericana university of phoenix western international university retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bpp holdings & oldid 680357053 categories companies formerly listed on the london stock exchangecompanies established in 1976education companies of the united kingdom1976 establishments in the united kingdomapollo group 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 polski edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2015 at 10 45 . 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