Jonathan Grayer is Chairman and CEO of Kaplan, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of educational services. Grayer has overseen Kaplan’s expansion from an $80 million test preparation company in 1994 to a diverse education corporation with more than $2 billion in revenue in 2007. Kaplan serves over one million students annually and has more than 27,000 employees in the U.S. and abroad.

Grayer’s vision is helping to transform the for-profit education industry. Under his leadership, Kaplan has embraced an aggressive, outcomes-based approach that has served as a model in the education community. The Company continues to explore untapped markets, and has pioneered new territory in postsecondary education, K12 programs, online learning, and professional training in the U.S. and abroad. Kaplan is a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO).

Grayer joined The Washington Post Company in 1990 in the marketing department of Newsweek, Inc., where he became Newsweek’s Marketing Director. He joined Kaplan in 1991 as regional operations director, and held several titles before becoming president and CEO in July 1994. Grayer was named Chairman and CEO in February 2002. He received an A.B. degree from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Grayer serves on the boards of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Partnership for New York City. In September 2005, he was named by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to the Commission on the Future of Higher Education.

BusinessWeek has ranked Grayer among the nation’s best managers for his leadership in establishing Kaplan as the Washington Post Company’s “financial crown jewel.” The company’s growth under his leadership has been reported on by other national and international media including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.