While the number of employees in ESOPs and private equity-backed companies is relatively close, the difference in outcomes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. For more than three decades, I have witnessed firsthand how employee ...

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 ...

ESOP is a form of employee benefit plan that incentivises employees with company stocks. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a form of employee benefit plan designed to incentivise employees by ...

The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which became effective on January 1, 2024, requires that many businesses report a significant amount of information about the company and its “beneficial owners ...

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are emerging as a popular transition strategy for owners of registered investment advisory firms, especially in cases where business independence, continuity, ...

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Editor’s note: Joseph Blasi is the J. Robert Beyster Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University and former director of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing for the past ...