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Ocaquatics Celebrates Two Years as a 100% Employee Owned Company

News Provided by ACCESS Newswire2026-03-01

MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / March 1, 2026 /Ocaquatics Swim School is celebrating two years as a 100% employee owned company through its Employee Ownership Trust. On March 1, 2024, the Miami based swim school transitioned to full employee ownership, becoming the first swim school fully owned by its team members.

The decision was not positioned as a traditional exit. Instead, it was a long term commitment to protect the company 's mission and ensure that the people delivering the work help shape its future.

For more than three decades, Ocaquatics has focused on growing people alongside the business. The move to employee ownership aligned the company 's legal structure with its long standing culture of leadership development, accountability, and purpose driven growth.

Two years into the transition, the impact is visible across the organization.

Team members are not only teaching swim lessons. They are stewarding a company rooted in shared responsibility and long term community impact. Because the Employee Ownership Trust structure allows eligible team members to benefit from the company 's growth, ownership has strengthened engagement, accountability, and pride in performance.

Employee ownership at Ocaquatics supports:

• Greater team engagement and accountability, as employees directly benefit from the company 's success
• Deeper community investment, reinforcing a commitment to lifesaving water safety education
• Long term financial opportunity, offering eligible team members a pathway to build wealth and retirement benefits as the business grows
• Preservation of mission and values, ensuring continuity of purpose for future generations

Over the past two years, Ocaquatics has continued to provide high quality swim instruction while investing in leadership development, local hiring, and community partnerships. The company maintains that its ownership structure reinforces its belief that business can be both high performing and mission driven.

As Ocaquatics looks ahead, its leadership remains focused on shared success, long term sustainability, and measurable impact across the communities it serves.

About Ocaquatics Swim School
Ocaquatics is a swim school focused on teaching swimming and water safety, helping families feel more confident and safer in, on, and around the water. As a Certified B Corporation, Ocaquatics is committed to social and environmental responsibility, striving to create meaningful impact both inside the pool and throughout the community. For more than 30 years, Ocaquatics has served children as young as six months old, building confidence and lifelong skills that extend far beyond the water.