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Newport Restaurant Group becomes 100% employee-owned, paying out $33M

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Newport Restaurant Group, a hospitality company operating in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, has transitioned to 100% employee ownership through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) established in 1995. This model, which includes brands like The Mooring and Castle Hill Inn, has resulted in over $33 million being paid out to employee-owners since its inception. The company emphasizes that this structure fosters employee loyalty, improves the guest experience, and provides a cost-free retirement plan for its approximately 1,100 to 1,800 workers. AI

RANK_REASON Company ownership transition to employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) with significant financial payouts. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]

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Newport Restaurant Group becomes 100% employee-owned, paying out $33M

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Muskaan Arshad ·

    Newport Restaurant Group is 100% owned by its workers—and has paid them $33 million since 1995: ‘Nobody else gets the benefit’

    Bartender Andy Staane has spent 24 years at Newport Restaurant Group, where every employee is an owner. As baby boomers prepare to hand off up to $5 trillion in small businesses, its CEO says ESOPs are a “proven model.”

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