Texas House Passes Employee Ownership Bill

The Texas House of Representatives has passed HB 2389, “An Act relating to companies in which employees have ownership interests through employee stock ownership plans.” It will now head to the Senate, where, as SB 1233,

Thank You, from the NCEO

The NCEO's executive director thanks all who stood by the NCEO and supported us as we cancelled our in-person annual conference and moved to a virtual conference.

Thanksgiving and Employee Ownership

Greg Graves, the CEO of ESOP-owned Burns and McDonnell, wrote an opinion piece in Fox News about why he is thankful to be working in an employee-owned

The 2016 NCEO Board of Directors

The NCEO welcomes four new directors to our board. Elizabeth Bauer, Barbara Clough, Amanda DeVito, and Veronica Ortiz all have terms that begin today. In addition, James Mauch and Neil Brozen are both returning for second terms. See the list of directors.

The 2018 Appropriations Bill Includes Employee Ownership Language

As we reported on social media and on our employee ownership and current events page, the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018, released on March 21, includes language directing the Small Business Administration to increase its efforts to encourage e

The 2019 Employee Ownership 100

Every year the NCEO releases the Employee Ownership 100, the 100 largest companies that are majority-owned by their employees.

The 2020 Fall Forum Is in the Books

Today we wrapped up our 2020 Fall ESOP Forum, and I want to take a moment to thank the sponsors, speakers, attendees, well-wishers, and staff who helped make it a success.

The 2020 National ESOP Database Is Now Available

Each year, the NCEO compiles a database of all ESOPs in the US. This database breaks out privately held and publicly traded ESOPs, and includes the age of the ESOP, number of participants, total plan assets, and more. We have just released the 2020 version.

The 2022 Fall ESOP Forum: Thank You!

The NCEO's Fall ESOP Forum was held in St. Louis last week, and we offer a huge thank-you to the people who joined us there and showed so much enthusiasm for making employee ownership thrive.