Cogna Educação SA is a private educational organization, which engages in the provision of educational services. The firm's activities include in-class and distance-learning, higher education and post-graduate courses, managing child, K-12 and high school teaching activities, selling textbooks and learning aids, and licensing teaching and pedagogic products. It operates through the following segments: In-Class Higher Education, Distance Learning Higher Education, and Basic Education. Its brands include Kroton, Platos, Saber, and Vasta Educação. The company was founded by Altamiro Belo Galindo, Gabriel Mário Rodrigues, Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia, Evando José Neiva, and Júlio Fernando Cabizuca on April 11, 1966 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
