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The November 2025 ESOP Report - Special Edition is now available for all our members.
ESOP ReportESOP News
November 10, 2025
A Deeper Dive: Comparing the Expanding ESOPs Principles vs. The Short Term Equity Plan (STEP) Proposal
Pete Stavros, founder of Expanding ESOPs, shared with The ESOP Association a much more detailed p
ESOP News
November 10, 2025
Protecting our Membership’s Voice: Ask A Lot of Questions Before Jumping on the Private Equity Bandwagon
Nearly five decades ago, The ESOP Association was created to defend and grow Employee Stock Owner
ESOP News
November 10, 2025
Launched and Funded by Private Equity: Ownership Works and Expanding ESOPs
Pete Stavros, the Co-Head of Global Equity at KKR, one of the largest and most powerful private e
ESOP News
November 10, 2025
Is Suspicion and Caution Justified? Private Equity is Facing Unusual Challenges.
In recent years, some private equity firms have begun experimenting with loosely defined employee
ESOP News
November 10, 2025
The Dangerous New World of Private Equity in ESOPs
Private Equity has awakened to what ESOPs have, and want to change the rules so they can get it.






