Headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa, VGM Group offers professional services to help our business customers grow, diversify offerings, and sustain their competitive advantage. We are experts in our various fields who care about our customers’ success. Services include group purchasing, commercial insurance, management of healthcare services and networks in post-acute cases, healthcare distribution direct to patient homes, specialty consulting, online education, digital, print, and traditional marketing, and more.
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What really sets VGM Group apart is our people, who are both employees and owners. As a 100% employee-owned company, our more than 1,500 employee owners are empowered to impact the business, no matter their role. We are guided by what we call our Power of One principles, which are ideas we embrace each day. Learn more about these principles and what it’s like to be part of VGM on the Build a Work Family page.
With employee owners in 36 states and Canada, you’re closer to VGM than you might think. Approximately 600 people work in the Waterloo offices and the remainder work in one of VGM’s eight offices outside of Waterloo or work from home.
Since its founding in 1986, VGM Group has evolved several times over. Perhaps the most significant evolution came in 2008 when we became 100% employee owned. This shift is the primary driver of our current and future growth. We’re approximately 5x larger today, with employee owners in 37 states and Canada. And because we constantly change to meet our customers’ needs, we’re destined to become an even bigger company, serving even more types of businesses—all due to the power of employee ownership.
Careers Community Employee Ownership VGM News
Published November 9, 2023
Each November, VGM's employee owners set aside time to be thankful on Thanksgiving and to honor our country’s veterans and active military on Veterans Day. For Q4 of 2023, VGM is showing thanks by focusing its community giving efforts on organizations that support veterans and active military.
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Careers DEI Recognition VGM News
Published November 6, 2023
VGM's Evolving Leader Program (ELP) recently held its graduation for the class of 2023. This program was created in 2022 for VGM employees who display a high potential for future or continued success as a leader within VGM. This year, the graduating class of ELP members consisted of 13 outstanding leaders. They are:
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Careers DEI Employee Ownership Recognition
Published November 1, 2023
The VGM Language Learning Program, which launched in June, has 37 dedicated employee owners working toward mastery of either English or Spanish. Everyone in this first group has been making great progress in their goals. But there are 10 employee owners who are really throwing off the bell curve.
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Employee Ownership Recognition VGM News
Published October 16, 2023
VGM Group, Inc. is excited to announce a series of planned leadership transitions to take place in the coming months.In January 2024, current VGM CEO Mike Mallaro will move to a new role as Executive Chairman of the Board. Jeremy Stolz, who currently serves as president of VGM Fulfillment and VGM & Associates, will take over as CEO of VGM Group,
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Published October 16, 2023
VGM Group, Inc. regretfully announces the passing of company co-founder and board chairman, Jim Walsh. Walsh died of natural causes in his home on Thursday, Oct. 12, surrounded by his family. He was 74.
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Published October 10, 2023
On Sept. 7, the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier announced VGM Group as one of the Cedar Valley’s Employers of Choice.
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Careers Community DEI Employee Ownership VGM News
Published September 25, 2023
VGM Group, Inc. recently announced that the entire team in its human resources department has achieved Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) certification. MHFA is a program of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Similar to physical First Aid and CPR, MHFA helps people assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis until profes
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Published September 20, 2023
VGM Group unites varied businesses around shared valuesBy: Richard Lane - For the Des Moines RegisterWaterloo-based VGM Group might not be a household name, but “if you use utilize our services,you definitely know what we do and can't live without us,” says the company's chief people officer, Sara Laures.Employee-owned, VGM Group
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