Guild Education
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| Formerly | Guild Education |
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Company type | Private |
| Industry | Continuing education |
| Founded | June 2015 |
| Founders | Rachel Romer and Brittany Stich |
| Headquarters | Denver, Colorado |
Key people | Bijal Shah (CEO) |
Number of employees | ~900 (2026)[1] |
| Website | www |
Guild, formerly known as Guild Education, is a private company headquartered in Denver, Colorado that is employed by Fortune 1000 companies to manage their education assistance benefits.[2] Guild facilitates direct payment for courses to education provider clients and offers marketing services.[2][3]
Guild Education was founded in June 2015 by Rachel Romer and Brittany Stich.[4][5] The company advises large corporations and contracts with adult education providers. It offers marketing services and receives payment from schools only when students enroll.[6] The employers also receive a tax break.[7]
In June 2021, Guild Education announced a strategic partnership with 2U,[8] where the latter company made its degree programs, courses, and bootcamp programs available to the corporations that employ Guild.[9] Google also made Google Career Certificates available to corporations that employ Guild.[10] In the same month, CNBC reported that Guild Education sought to profit from its expectation of automation increasing displacement of workers.[11]
In June 2022, Forbes and Bloomberg reported Guild's valuation at $4.4 billion.[12][13] That same year, Guild Education reduced its office space in Denver by 50 percent.[14]
In April 2023, Guild Education rebranded as Guild, and according to Fortune, added "a new career coaching product."[15] In May 2023, Guild reduced its staff by 12%, resulting in over 150 individuals being laid off after several rounds of restructuring.[16] In October 2023, Guild announced that it was offering training in artificial intelligence for front line workers through its education provider clients.[17]
In April 2024, Bijal Shah was named CEO.[18] In May 2024, Guild laid off an additional quarter of its workforce, an estimated 300 workers.[19] In October 2024, Guild announced its acquisition of Nomadic Learning.[20]
In January 2025, Macy's ended its partnership with Guild Education, after working with the company to provide college degree programs and other educational courses to its employees at no cost.[21]
In April 2025, Spectrum partnered with Guild to offer online courses.[22]
In January 2026, Guild began offering incentives for employees to return to work in office. Of the approximately 900 employees hired by Guild, around 40% of them are based in Denver.[1]