ESOP Association Resources

There’s still time to secure your spot at Employee Owned 2025, the largest and most dynamic gathering of employee owners, ESOP companies, and professional ESOP service providers in the world. The reimagined EO25 takes place November 2–5, 2025, at a new location, the renowned Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

A unique thing about ESOP companies is that the trustee is the shareholder of record for the corporation, not the ESOP participants, who are beneficial owners. The trustee is a critical player, but the concept of a trustee can be confusing and unfamiliar to employee-owners.

Washington, DC is a town with a lot of sayings borne from the hard-earned political wisdom one acquires working here. Recently, with the release and withdrawal of the Biden Administration’s ideas of what constitutes Adequate Consideration for ESOPs, two of those sayings come to the top of my mind.

Thank you to the more than 2,000 employee owners and ESOP professionals who attended Employee Owned 2022 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas!

News about Employee Owned 2019, the Conferen

A recap of the 2019 National Conference in W

A guide to the ERISA rules all ESOP fiduciaries need to know to fulfill their obligations.