Louis Kelso

The Birth Of Esops;

ESOPs are testimony to the power of ideas -- the ideas, in this case, of an iconoclastic economist named Louis O. Kelso. Coming of age in Depression-era ...  Read more

COMCOPs, anyone? Louis O. Kelso is universally acknowledged as the father of employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs. That's as it should be: he set up...  Read more

How in the world does your editor justify devoting so much valuable space to the ranting and raving of Louis Kelso ("Louis Kelso's ESOP Crusade," April)?<...  Read more

The Ultimate Employee Buy-in

Sell the company to your employees? It's a great idea--both for you and for the business you're leaving behind.  Read more

Every Worker An Owner?

Several new books explore the attractions of ESOPs. But what are the drawbacks?  Read more

Louis Kelso's Esop Crusade

The inventor of ESOPs talks about how hard it is to put a theory into practice.  Read more

Employee Ownership: A Capital Idea

Employee Stock Ownership Plans offer you access to a new group of investors -- your workers.  Read more

Collective Effort

Profile of an EOY winner. The competitive advantages of an employee-owned company.  Read more