Category: Mary Josephs Forbes Blog
This Labor Day, Do More Than Toast To American Workers
This Labor Day weekend, most of us will fire up a grill and toast to American workers. Here’s a way...
FIVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH ESOP M&A
In my previous post, I flagged how employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, have become significant players in the middle-market...
As M&A Activity Swells, ESOPs Emerge as a Potent New Player
With global merger & acquisition activity at record levels as first-half 2026 value surged to $2.8 trillion, middle market M&A...
Let’s Celebrate America’s Other Birthday Milestone: The 250th Anniversary of Employee Ownership
Happy birthday, America! Celebrations galore will mark our country’s 250th anniversary. Among the commemorations, companies and industries are creating timeline...
Who Knew? ESOPs are Ideally Structured for AI Success
This intelligence is not artificial: Employee-owned companies are uniquely structured to succeed in harnessing AI where traditional corporations struggle. At...