One of many nation’s greatest highschool soccer and basketball colleges—and actually, most all sports activities—has been bought.
In response to a report by Herald-Tribune’s Derek Gilliam, IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, has been bought by Endeavor Group Holdings to non-public fairness group BPEA EQT for a complete of $1.25 billion. Endeavor president Mark Shapiro says the college is in good arms.
Blue Cain of the IMG Academy celebrates a teammates dunk in opposition to Prolific Prep in GEICO Excessive Faculty Nationals quarterfinal recreation ay Suncoast Credit score Union Enviornment.
“With Asia being IMG Academy’s largest supply of worldwide college students, BPEA EQT sees sturdy potential to assist the Firm’s enlargement throughout a number of markets within the area, together with Singapore, India, Vietnam, Larger China, and Indonesia,” EQT stated in a Tuesday information launch. “BPEA EQT plans to leverage its confirmed sector experience inside training and monitor document from having supported its present portfolio firm Nord Anglia Schooling’s worldwide progress over the previous 15 years.”
IMG is a non-public, sports-centric college that prices almost $90,000 per yr in tuition and boarding, per the Wall Road Journal.
The annual Kickoff Traditional, on the newly-renovated, upgraded bleachers and new LED lights at Joe Kinnan Subject at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, on Friday August, 19, 2022. Manatee Hurricanes gained the sport 30 to 21 over the IMG Academy White (Ascenders).
A few of the nation’s greatest highschool soccer gamers attend, together with a number of members on our record of the Prime 100 soccer recruits within the 2023 class. Their varsity group ranked No. 7 in our last Tremendous 25 rankings of the yr.
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