| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 10, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
The Dealmaker Is Back Milken is going after the $800 billion educational-services market in a big way. He has already acquired 30 companies, and more deals are pending. Here's what his Knowledge Universe looks like: KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISES / $1.3 BILLION (REVENUES)
SPRING (BRITAIN) Offers corporate clients informa-
$700 million tion-systems consulting, training,
recruiting, and staffing
PRODUCTIVITY POINT Provides corporations with computer
INTERNATIONAL training classes
$250 million
NEXTERA ENTERPRISES Human-resources and info-tech
$185 million consulting company. Expected to
go public in May
TEC WORLDWIDE Support group for CEOs of small
$50 million businesses
BOOKMAN TESTING Assesses employee computer skills
$20 million
OTHER VENTURES / $245 MILLION (REVENUES)
CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTERS Owns and operates 250 preschools
$150 million
LEAPFROG Makes toys that help kids spell,
$80 million read, and multiply
KU INTERACTIVE STUDIO Develops computer-based learning
$10 million systems
KU PUBLISHING Publishes educational magazines
$5 million and books
TEACHER UNIVERSE Computer training for teachers
(Startup)
U-NEXT Online graduate courses by Columbia
(Startup) University and other professors
NOBEL EDUCATION DYNAMICS 20% stake in this for-profit preschool
and elementary school chain
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 The Reincarnation of Mike Milken COVER IMAGE: The Reincarnation of Mike Milken TABLE: A Milken Primer PHOTO: Milken at a CaP CURE Meeting, 1993 TABLE: The Dealmaker Is Back PHOTO: Milken with Nobel Laureates, March, 1999 Money Floods in to Fight a Killer ONLINE ORIGINAL: Education Stocks 101 INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
