Employee Ownership Blog

The NCEO survey of executive compensation practices will be open until January 6 (an extension from December 16).

Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, announced on November 30 that his company would buy the Omaha World-Herald Company, currently 80% owned by its employees, for $150 million

On November 22, the NCEO released its annual update of our database of employee ownership in large public companies, the most detailed analysis of its kind. Of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index of the largest U.S.

The Saïd School of Business at Oxford has announced a new award for employee ownership companies. The Owl Award recognizes job creation and companies that are 20% or more employee-owned are eligible.

People interested in serving on the NCEO's board of directors should submit their nomination before December 19. To begin the self-nomination process, view our resource page for prospective board members.

Reuters reporter Mark Miller looked at trends in company stock holdings in public company 401(k) plans and published a list of the companies with the highest concentration of p

The NCEO's third survey of executive compensation practices in ESOP companies is now open. Click here to complete the survey. For your participation, you will receive a summary of the data (if you so request).

The Innovations in Employee Ownership Award recognizes innovative practices that result from having an engaged workforce of employee-owners, as well as ideas that tie stock to improved company culture or performance.

According to an October 11, 2011, article from the Herald, the government-owned newspaper of Zimbabwe, 5% of the shares in public companies in Zimbabwe have been set aside for employees, with a special preference

The NCEO will hold its annual election for board members in January, and we are accepting self-nominations through December 19. Board members serve three-year terms at their own expense.

The NCEO has completed a new survey of equity compensation practices in private companies. We received 201 completed surveys from companies and 32 from service providers.

If elected, Mitt Romney would be the first U.S. president to have direct experience with ESOPs. Bain and Company, which Romney once headed, set up an ESOP in 1985, paying what in retrospect appeared to be an inflated price for 30% of the company.