How to Build a $100m Holdco: The Power of ESOPs

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With 300 employees across 5 companies, the holdco that Chris Fredericks is building has an uncommon feature at its core.

Topics in Chris’s interview:

• What is an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)?
• Finding purpose and meaning at work
• Concept of dignity at work
• What ESOP employees do and don’t vote on
• Using an internal podcast to communicate about employee ownership
• Mitigating risks in ESOPs
• Employee reactions to being acquired
• Selling employees on the ESOP concept
• His role as investor, not operator
• Keeping a bad hire for too long

References and how to contact Chris:

• LinkedIn
• Empowered Ventures
• The Empowered Owners Podcast
• The Great Game of Business

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron