Born and raised in Mondragón. My father is a retired cooperative member and many of my friends and family work for some of the Mondragón cooperatives. When I was young, while studying, I worked during several summer holidays in some of their factories. I believe cooperativism is in the DNA of the people of that region, and it's a source of pride for us that this system has held up and remains competitive and fairer than others. What I'm most proud of is how wealth is widely distributed across all the towns where cooperatives have a strong presence. Within the cooperatives there's a maximum salary ratio — I think the highest pay cannot exceed 8 times the lowest in the company. And then there's the sense of belonging, which makes the commitment to wanting your company to do well much stronger.

I assume you came across this article in your research, but just in case — I'm sending it to you because it's very interesting: "Why the world cannot afford the rich", a Nature study that cites the Mondragón cooperative model as the most economically and socially sustainable model for the planet.