Beyster Initiatives

Advancing the Future of Employee Ownership

The Rady School of Management, with support from the Beyster family, is committed to advancing the understanding and practice of employee ownership as an effective and responsible business model. In February 2026, the Beyster Institute formally transitioned from an "Institute" into an endowed fund with a single purpose of bridging industry and academia to prototype and pilot innovative employee-ownership strategies.

The J. Robert Beyster Endowed Fund for Employee Ownership Education will support bold and innovative initiatives for codifying emerging equity and business models to ensure more people have access to ownership opportunities that generate prosperity. Visit the Thought Leadership page to learn more about this initiative.

If you are interested in learning more about the legacy of the Beyster Institute, you can read about the history of the institute and its transition in this new document, Entrepreneurial Employee Ownership & Innovation: Historical Perspectives and Future Vision from Institute to Catalytic Fund.

• 	Thought Leadership
  We work together with key experts to advance employee-ownership.

• 	Education & Training
  Build the necessary skills to run an employee-owned company.