Enriching people’s lives is at the heart of DKP. Employee ownership helps ensure that purpose remains ours to protect.
After more than two decades as an independent firm, DKP became an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) to preserve what matters most: our independence, our specialized expertise, our culture, and our ability to serve clients and patients for the long term.
We own the company. Together, we own the responsibility to make a difference.
- “I wanted DKP to always be independent and to be able to operate in our areas of maximum expertise and impact. We have been and always will be specialists, not generalists, working with clients around the country to ensure access to oncology, rare disease, and cell and gene therapy products. We’re here to stay as leaders in this unique niche now as an employee-owned company.”
Denise Pierce, Founder & CEO, DKP
What is an ESOP anyway?
We can’t have enough acronyms in biopharma, so we thought we’d throw another into the mix. ESOP stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan, and it’s essentially a company-paid retirement benefit plan giving employees ownership interest in the business.
But it means so much more than that.
What does DKP’s employee-ownership mean for you?
Independence
We’re free to follow the evidence, challenge assumptions, and recommend what we believe is right for your product, without pressure from a parent company or predetermined solution.
Continuity
We build for the long term. Employee ownership helps preserve the expertise, culture, and relationships that have defined DKP for more than 25 years.
Accountability
We’re not just employees. We’re owners. We have a personal stake in the quality of our work, the strength of our client relationships, and the reputation we build together.
- “For us, becoming an ESOP ensures longevity and the fulfillment of our mission to ensure patient access to care. The DKP of today will become the DKP of the future, and I want our passion and values to be driving that legacy, not some external pressure or profit-hungry force.”
Denise Pierce, Founder & CEO, DKP
Our clients can expect long-term stability from working with us. Our team is dedicated and invested in an industry where turnover is the norm. In other words, we’re in this with you and we’re not going anywhere.
How do employees benefit from being part of an ESOP?
Being part of an ESOP means not only receiving an incredible retirement benefit on top of 401K and other perks, but also being an employee owner with skin in the game. As an ESOP, everything we do is for our clients and patients, but our dedication also benefits each of us in a unique way. When we invest in our work, we invest in each other.