You may be fortunate to be employed at one of the 6,500 companies in the U.S. that sponsor an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). If not, perhaps you will be in the future, since ESOPs are increasingly attractive retirement plans that exhibit bipartisan support. Outside of ESOPs, very few employees have the unique long-term benefit of equity-like incentives with their employers, since those benefits are typically reserved for those in the C-suite.
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