In an op-ed in the West Branch Times (Iowa), Jake Krob, the co-publisher, describes why he is comfortable selling the newspapers he owns to an employee-owned company. Newspaper owners, he says, are stewards.
Round Table Pizza, a California-based chain of over 440 pizza and, more recently, sports bars, has been both one of the largest pizza restaurant chains and one of the largest employee-owned companies.
The School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University has announced it is accepting applications for fellowships in the upcoming academic year. Since its establishment, the program has supported over 120 academics in a variety of fields and across many institutions.
When C.M Fisher founded Ramsey National Bank in 1892, his starting capital came from the sale of land that had increased in value when the Great Northern Railroad was constructed.