The Only Constant is Change: Rethinking Corporate Ownership

Mar 11, 2025

11:30am – 12:30pm CT

Who should hold power over companies, and who should benefit from their profits? For centuries, the answer has been determined by inheritance or wealth. Let’s explore a 21st-century alternative: steward-ownership.
Greg, Stephan, and Melanie will take us on their journeys — from Patagonia’s “instead of going public, we go purpose” to Stapelstein’s nightmare-turned-purpose-driven-success story. Finally, we’ll hear a hacker’s perspective that adds a visionary edge. Guaranteed.
Discover the model that, as The New Yorker highlighted, rewrites corporate psychology by putting purpose front & center.

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Greg Curtis

Patagonia / Holdfast Collective

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Melanie Rieback

Radically Open Security

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Stephan Schenk

Stapelstein

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Annika Schneider

PURPOSE Foundation

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About
Format: Panel
Type: Session
Track: Culture
Level: Intermediate