Founder

Chris Michael, Founder & ceo

Chris Michael is a financial advisor, economist, author, and founder of EOT Advisors––the first financial services firm in the country dedicated to assisting business owners sell their company to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). He has facilitated the transfer of roughly $750m in capital assets to over 3,000 workers in the course of more than 30 transactions. Chris is responsible for introducing the EOT as a new financial, tax, and legal mechanism in the United States and has published articles on the concept in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Tax Notes and Probate & Property. He is also a professor at Rutgers University, where he is a director of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Member: American Bar Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Planning Association, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, Association for Corporate Growth, American Economic Association, Academy of Management, ESOP Association, National Center for Employee Ownership