Primary Job Title Managing General Partner Primary Organization 
Education Growth Partners
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Andy Kaplan is the Managing General Partner at Education Growth Partners. Andy has spent his entire 28-year career in the education industry, half as an operator of education businesses and half as an investor in quality education companies. Andy began his career developing educational software for Scholastic. After becoming Director of the
Educational Technology Group, he led the creation of WiggleWorks and other award winning products. Andy then became a senior executive at Kaplan, Inc., owned by the Washington Post Company. At Kaplan, he was responsible for leading several technology enabled services businesses, both newly acquired and organically developed. He also led the migration to technology and the Internet throughout the company – a key part of a strategy of diversification from Kaplan’s test prep business. In 2000, Andy became a General Partner in Quad Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the education industry. Andy leveraged his deep education industry experience and operating ability to drive investment returns across several subsectors within the education industry. Andy holds an M.B.A. from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a B.A. in Computer Science from Brandeis University.
