Meet Haren Bhakta, the Creator of the Inside Ownership Index

Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors · Sep 18, 2026 · 38m · transcript

This week, on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we interview Haren Bhakta, CFA, CEO and owner of the Inside Ownership Index ($OWN), the first index fund focused on companies with meaningful insider ownership. The premise of the index is that when major decisionmakers own a meaningful stake, they tend to act like true owners, not hired hands chasing a bonus.

Haren breaks down how the S&P 500 works, why market-cap weighting can create weird outcomes around leadership transitions, and how an ownership-weighted strategy tries to reward “skin in the game.”

Along the way, he provides real…