Louis O. Kelso, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis O. Kelso

American lawyer and economist

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1913

Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, United States

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1991

Profession: lawyer, economist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Louis Orth Kelso (; December 4, 1913 – February 17, 1991) was a political economist, corporate and financial lawyer, author, lecturer and merchant banker who is chiefly remembered today as the inventor and pioneer of the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), invented to enable working people without savings to buy stock in their employer company and pay for it out of its future dividend yield.