Menke & Associates is a majority employee-owned company in the financial services industry headquartered in Oakland, California. Menke & Associates has designed and installed more ESOPs than any other firm in the country. They provide all the services needed to design and install an ESOP. Menke & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1974 by John Menke who co-authored the landmark ESOP legislation which subsequently spawned the industry. In 1983, Menke & Associates became employee owned when it established its own Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Their ESOP Advisors bring more than 100 years of collective experience in structuring ESOP transactions. These officers and associates have participated in over 2,500 transactions.Today, the firm is one of the leading firms in the United States in structuring Employee Stock Ownership Plan transactions. They have clients in all 50 states. Clients range in size from as few as ten employees to as many as 10,000.