Financing Worker Ownership Conversions with Todd Leverette (Apis & Heritage)

Todd Leverette from Apis & Heritage sits with us to talk about his circuitous path from Wall Street to financing Worker-Ownership with Private Credit and how, when he looks back on his career, much like Common’s third album “One Day It’ll All Make Sense.”00:00 Introduction to Employee Ownership and Buyouts04:47 The Case for Employee Ownership10:57 Knowledge Sharing in Employee-Owned Companies13:33 Apis and Heritage: A New Model for Buyouts19:55 Engaging Workers in the Buyout Process25:52 The Impact of Employee Ownership on Company Culture30:03 Real-World Examples of Successful Transitions34:14 Advice for the Next Generation of Impact Investors