Case Study

Galileo Global Education

Distribution

The company

  • Region: Europe
  • Sector: Consumer Discretionary
  • Stage: Medium buyout
  • Type: Secondary
  • Fund Vintage: 2011
  • Exit Type: Secondary buyout
  • Highlights:
£17.4m
Proceeds

Private Equity Manager (GP)

Case study

About the company

Galileo is the largest private, for-profit tertiary education group in Europe, with 100,000 students across 88 campuses in 13 different countries.

Why invest

  • Growing demand for higher education and continued migration from public to private sector institutions.
  • High quality platform underpinned by accreditations, well-reputed brands and good employability outcomes.
  • Resilient business model characterised by low capex and stable revenue driven by multi-year courses.
  • Opportunity to execute on a buy-and-build strategy in the fragmented higher education sector.

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