Bill Zanker is an American entrepreneur, best known for being the founder of the adult education company The Learning Annex. He is currently married to Deborah Zanker, and the two have three children, Ediva Zanker (born 1993), Dylan Zanker (born 1995) and Vera Zanker (born 1996). The family currently resides in Utah.
Zanker grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and majored in film towards a master's degree at The New School.[1]
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In 1980 Bill founded The Learning Annex, which he later sold in 1991. He remained a consultant until 1997, when he parterned with California Learning Annex and aqquired New York Learning Annex. In December 2001, Bill became the owner of all Learning Annex Properties after buying out his partners. In 2007,The Learning Annex was valued at $107 million dollars.
In 1993, Bill founded a chain of stress reduction stores called The Great American BackRub. He sold the company to The Barclay Group in 1997.
In 1998, Bill started BrainFuel.com, which was one of the first internet-based eLearning companies. In 1999, he sold it for $9 million.
In 2007, Bill started a second education website called OneMinuteU. The site centered on video sharing. The idea is that users can post videos, but they must teach the viewer something and the video must be one minute long.
In 2007, Bill co-authored a book with Donald Trump called Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life. It is a New York Times Best Seller.