As succession planning becomes a more pressing concern for closely held businesses, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are increasingly part of the conversation. While not the right fit for every ...

The decision to transition a company to an ESOP can make sense in several scenarios and benefit everyone involved. An ESOP transaction can create benefit options for dedicated employees in the form of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. How far employee ownership has come and how much opportunity remains.

As companies with employee stock ownership plans become more commonplace nationally, attorneys are seeing more and more interest in mergers and acquisitions involving ESOPs. It’s become a hot topic in ...

It sounds almost too good to be true—getting a paycheck and owning part of the company at the same time. But that’s the general idea behind something called an ESOP. Short for Employee Stock Ownership ...

An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) has become a popular tool for succession planning and tax structuring, especially for S corporations. As more business owners look to retire and wish to avoid ...

Employee ownership of businesses has been around for many years, but the different models are still widely misunderstood, forgotten, and even shunned — including by accountants. The most popular model ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. Very simply, my enduring passion for employee ownership to which I’ve ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. More than half of U.S. businesses with employees are owned ...

Nikki Maloney, director of business support for the Colorado Office of Economic Development, and Steve Storkan, executive director of the Employee Ownership Expansion Network, work the booth at the ...

One of the key benefits of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan is its potential to boost employee retention. Research shows that ESOPs tend to have lower voluntary quit rates and longer employee tenures ...

Editor’s note: Corey Rosen is the founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership in California, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing authoritative information on broad-based employee ...