June 3, 2019

Employee Ownership on the Forbes List of Small Giants

Executive Director

The Forbes magazine list of Small Giants highlights companies that "value greatness over fast growth." Compiled annually by Bo Burlingham (the NCEO's keynote speaker at its 2016 annual conference), the 25 companies on the list include many employee-owned companies. Financial Business Systems, PFSBrands, and Great Lakes Brewing Company all have ESOPs. All employees at Livedata hold stock options. Choice One Engineering has a stock purchase program. Evergreen is a real estate developer and allows its employees to invest in its projects. And Webit Services has employee ownership built into its strategic plan.