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.
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Broad-Based Employee Ownership: When Teams Row Together, Performance Follows, Even in Turbulent Times
As portfolio companies navigate disruption and longer hold periods, AlixPartners and Ownership Works explore how employee ownership can engage the workforce and strengthen value creation.
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Last Year, The Parking Spot Made Every Staff Member an Owner: Here’s One Employee-Owner’s Experience
Once a restaurant owner who felt like a team of one, Area Manager Angelique Ford is now one of 2,000 employee-owners at The Parking Spot. Read her story, and how she's using employee ownership to take her team's owner mindset to the next level.
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EY Ripples Better Heroes Podcast: “Building a Better Future with Shared Ownership”
June 24, 2025 - News & MediaOwnership Works' Anna-Lisa Miller and EY's Tim Tracy talk shared ownership on the Better Heroes podcast: how employee ownership drives financial wellbeing, social mobility, and a genuine ownership culture across the workforce.
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Columbia Business School’s Capital for Good Podcast: “Anna-Lisa Miller and Ownership Works: Reimagining Equity to Build Wealth for All”
May 1, 2025 - News & MediaAnna-Lisa Miller, Executive Director of Ownership Works, joins Columbia Business School's Capital for Good podcast to discuss employee ownership, financial wellbeing, and ownership culture.
Read MoreThe best ideas about employee ownership rarely come from one company alone. At the 2024 Shared Ownership CEO & Executive Convening, more than 260 leaders came together to learn from each other and bring those lessons back to their teams.
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Business Insider: “10 business leaders who spearheaded industry-transforming change in 2024”
December 16, 2024 - News & MediaOwnership Works' Executive Director Anna-Lisa Miller named one of Business Insider's "10 business leaders who spearheaded industry-transforming change in 2024," for her leadership in expanding employee ownership.
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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 MoreWhen KKR sold C.H.I. Overhead Doors, employee-owner Brad Edwards' payout wiped out debt and paid for his kids' college. 60 Minutes explores whether employee ownership is the key to building worker wealth.
Read MoreIn his TED Talk, KKR's Pete Stavros makes the case for employee ownership as business's secret ingredient: a blueprint for building ownership culture and shared prosperity for workers worldwide.
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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