NewsCategory: Employee Ownership

VGM Group, Inc. awards six $1,500 scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year. VGM Group, in partnership with the Waterloo Community Foundation, has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to dependents of VGM Group employee owners, with two recipients being employee owners themselves.

In the first quarter of 2025, VGM Group’s Community Giving efforts focused on projects and organizations that help promote education and literacy throughout the community. Donations this quarter totaled: $18,950. Learn more about these organizations below.

2024 was a record-breaking year for VGM, and that success is driven by our employee owners. They’re the ones that make it possible—leading to some of the best years for many of VGM’s business units.

VGM Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Chris Wendland to Chief Legal Officer. In this newly created role, Wendland will oversee all legal matters for VGM Group, ensuring compliance and providing strategic legal guidance to support the company's growth and innovation. With this promotion, Wendland also joins VGM’s senior leadership team.

VGM Group, Inc. has been named Employee Owned Company Of The Year by the Iowa/Nebraska Chapter of The ESOP Association (TEA). The award was presented on Feb. 27. VGM Group is now in the running for the National Employee Owned Company Of The Year Award, which will be announced during TEA’s National Conference May 13–16 in Washington, D.C.

In November 2023, the VGM Child Care Center opened its doors for the first time to employee owners and their young ones. With the constant struggle of securing reliable child care over the last few years, the VGM Child Care Center lifted off much needed weight from the shoulders of dozens of employee owners.   

– VGM Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of SleepGlad, a leading provider of innovative sleep technology solutions. This strategic acquisition aims to enhance VGM Group's portfolio in the sleep technology sector and reinforces its commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions to its customers.

VGM Group, Inc. is excited to announce that CIO Jeremy Kauten has been recognized as a winner of the 2024 Info-Tech CIO Awards in the Large and Enterprise Organization Division.