News & Stories
Every shared ownership program starts with a decision to do business differently — and that’s a story worth telling. Read about the employee-owners and business leaders showing what’s possible when more workers have a stake in the success they help create.
Explore original stories, announcements, media coverage, and other updates highlighting Ownership Works and the growing impact of employee ownership.
Partner & Company Features

Edge Empowers Employee-Owners with Financial Wellbeing Program
October 8, 2025 - Partner & Company FeaturesOwnership is about more than a stake in the company. It's about having the tools to plan for what comes next. At Edge, a new financial coaching program helps employees turn big goals into real steps forward.
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Japanese Software Provider Yayoi Launches Broad-Based Ownership Program
September 2, 2025 - Partner & Company FeaturesBe Open. Be Challenging. Be Professional. When Yayoi unveiled its new values, it paired them with a new promise: its employees would share in the company's success as owners through a new broad-based employee ownership program. Hear what that moment meant to the new employee-owners of Yayoi.
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Bushu Pharma Celebrates Milestone Broad-Based Company Ownership Program
September 2, 2025 - Partner & Company FeaturesFor the first time, every employee at Bushu Pharma is an owner. The moment was a first for Japan too: no company in the country backed by a private financial sponsor had extended ownership to all of its employees before. Hear what it means to the people living it.
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UBS’ Brian Hull on “Changing the World” by Making Employee Ownership the Norm
November 14, 2024 - Partner & Company FeaturesBrian Hull of UBS on why he sees employee ownership as more than a benefit; it's a way to reshape how companies and workers share in success, one partnership at a time.
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CNBC: “KKR pays out employees as much as $325K in sale of GeoStabilization International”
September 26, 2024 - News & Media, Partner & Company FeaturesKKR employee-owners at GeoStabilization International receive payouts through the company's sale: longest-tenured hourly workers earned over $325K when the company sold, a striking case study in employee ownership and financial wellbeing. Watch the full video on CNBC.
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Tailwind Capital on Why Success is Making Sure Shared Ownership is Ingrained in Companies’ DNA
September 16, 2024 - Partner & Company FeaturesTailwind Capital shares why building ownership into every portfolio company isn't just good practice, it's core strategy, and how giving employees a stake has helped drive stronger performance across their investments.
Read MoreIn March 2024, every PFB Corporation employee in Canada and the United States learned they now share in the success of the company they help build. See how employee-ownership react to learning about their company's new employee-ownership program.
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Leonard Green & Partners on “Doing Well by Doing Good” Through Shared Ownership
February 14, 2024 - Partner & Company FeaturesLeonard Green & Partners, an Ownership Works founding partner, shares how building employee ownership into its portfolio companies has become a core part of doing well by doing good, for workers and investors alike.
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RBmedia Employees On “Life Changing” Cash Payouts After KKR Exit
October 26, 2023 - Partner & Company FeaturesThe sale of RBmedia marked a major moment for its shared ownership program. Employees learned what their stake was worth, with some long-tenured team members earning up to twice their annual salary. Watch them share what the payouts mean to them and their families.
Read MoreIngersoll Rand employees around the world are owners. Hear employee-owners share what having a stake in the company’s future means to them.
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