The Beyster Foundation supports education and training programs that advance innovation, entrepreneurship, and broad-based employee ownership. Our focus is primarily U.S based, and we work with individuals/institutions with a clear intent to reach across institutions and industries.
Beyster Executive-in-Residence
Beyster Executive-in-Residence for Innovation through Equity and Ownership at UC San Diego is a nationally recognized industry p...
Executive ESOP Training
Three flagship executive ESOP courses are provided through UC San Diego’s extended education, in collaboration with National Cen...
J. Robert Beyster Endowed Fund for Employee Ownership Education
J. Robert Beyster Endowed Fund for Employee Ownership Education has been established at UC San Diego in memory of Dr. Bob Beyster...
Beyster Institute
The Beyster Institute was founded by the FED, and in 2004, transitioned into the Rady School of Management at the UC San Dieg...
The SAIC Solution
In The SAIC Solution: Built by Employee Owners, Dr. J. Robert Beyster — who founded SAIC in 1969, and grew it into the nation’...
JR Beyster Special Collections
This Collection, available at Special Collections & Archives at UC San Diego Library, is a historical preservation of the tec...
Coursera
Our Share: Employee Ownership as a Wealth Sharing Tool is the first massive open online course (MOOC) on employee ownership. Funde...
CLEO
Curriculum Library on Employee Ownership (CLEO) is administered by Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR), and in...
We The Owners
Produced by FED, released in 2012, and updated in 2025, the award-winning documentary film, We the Owners: Employees Expanding th...








