NCEO Estimates 6 Million Employees Eligible for Broad-Based Stock Options

We at the NCEO now estimate that 6 million people work for companies that offer most or all of their employees stock options. Ryan Weeden and Ed Carberry, the NCEO's stock options project coordinators, say that at least 3,000 companies offer these plans. The numbers are difficult to estimate and are almost certainly too conservative. The estimates are based on companies the NCEO has actually identified as having plans, but it is very likely that there are many companies we have not yet identified. The number represents a 600% increase over 1991 estimates.