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Gardener's Supply Company
Gardener's Supply Company is an employee-owned company providing environmentally friendly gardening products and information through its website, catalogs, and retail stores. The Gardener’s Supply Company headquarters in Burlington, Vermont include administrative offices, a retail store and display gardens. Additional retail stores and display gardens are located in Williston, Vermont, Lebanon, New Hampshire and Hadley, Massachusetts. In 2014, Gardener's Supply Company became B Corporation (certification), B Corp-certified. Employee Stock Ownership Plan In December 2009, founder Will Raap sold the majority ownership of Gardener’s Supply Company to its employees, officially making the company 100% employee-owned through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The ESOP was adopted in 1987 to allow all employees to earn stock and share in company profits. Current CEO Jim Feinson said the employee-owned company has also developed "a community culture of support" that offers ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Newman (entrepreneur)
Alan Newman is an American serial entrepreneur based in the U.S. state of Vermont, who co-founded Gardener's Supply Company, Seventh Generation Inc., Magic Hat Brewing Company, and Alchemy & Science, Boston Beer Company's “incubator business.” Life and career Originally from Long Island, New York, Newman spent a year at Parsons College in Iowa before dropping out and moving to the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. Newman returned home, enrolled in Long Island University in Southampton and graduated on the deans list after recovering from an encounter with police where he was caught with a small amount of pills and marijuana. Newman then moved to Burlington, Vermont, in 1970, after living on a Intentional community, commune in Oregon. Newman's business career as an entrepreneur began in 1983, when he helped found Gardener's Supply Company with his friend Will Raap. He co-founded Seventh Generation Inc. in 1988, but was later forced out amid business difficulties in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |