W.L. Gore & Associates
Manufacturing
Majority employee-ownedProfit SharingESOP
12,000
employees
N/A
pay ratio
1958
founded
Who's in the plan
8,451 people were active participants in the ESOP in the 2023 plan year, against 12,000 employees on record — about 70% coverage.
Participant counts from the employer's own Form 5500 filing with the US Department of Labor.
Employee-owned materials science company famous for Gore-Tex fabric, organized as a lattice (non-hierarchical) with associate stock ownership.
Headquarters
Elkton, NC, USA