EF Education First

EF Education First
Company typePrivate
IndustryEducation
Founded1965
FounderBertil Hult
HeadquartersZurich, Switzerland
Key people
Philip Hult, Chairman
Eddie Hult, CEO
Number of employees
52,000[1]
Websitewww.ef.com

EF Education First (abbreviated as EF) is an international education company that specialises in language training, educational travels, academic degree programmes, and cultural exchanges. The company was founded in 1965 by Bertil Hult in the Swedish university town of Lund. The company is privately held by the Hult family.

As of 2017, EF had approximately 52,000 employees in 116 countries.[2]

  1. ^ "About Us". EF Education First. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ Shemkus, Sarah (November 16, 2017). "EF Education First named No. 1 on list of largest Mass. companies". The Boston Globe.