An old movement to grow employee ownership is getting new life, with the goal of shrinking wealth inequality. The concept isn’t unprecedented — not at all, really. “Collective ownership is centuries ...

Ensuring that acceleration lifts workers rather than leaving them behind requires broad access to the assets that AI enriches ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. How far employee ownership has come and how much opportunity remains.

OpenGate Capital is one of several new backers of Ownership Works, as employee ownership continues to gain traction in the private equity industry. The firm is the latest to sign on to Ownership Works ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GTCR, a leading private equity firm, announced today that it has partnered with Ownership Works, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with companies and ...

After private equity firm KKR bought Potter Global Technologies, a manufacturer of fire protection equipment in St. Louis, employees learned they were being given an ownership stake in the company.

Life took a big turn last May for the employees of C.H.I. Overhead Doors, in the small town of Arthur, Illinois. Every employee was a co-owner of the company. They'd been told if the business sold at ...

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety’s new Achieving Lasting Legacy Incentive (ALL In) employee ownership program marks a defining moment in the company’s journey to reach the next level, says CEO Bart ...

I’m Garrett Gunderson, and I’ve coached leaders long enough to see a pattern that hurts both people and profits. The problem isn’t a lack of talent. It’s a lack of ownership. Work shouldn’t feel like ...

NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BMO Financial Group (BMO) announced today its partnership with Ownership Works, a new nonprofit with a mission to increase prosperity through shared ownership at ...