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John Gabbert

10 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 11, 2026 by John Gabbert · across every show →

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May 11, 2026
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Gabbert: Room & Board transitioned to ESOP via 100% owner financing
“The way that makes sense for us to do it is have a hundred percent owner finance, so there's no bank loan involved. We just, we gave a loan to the employees, basically, the ESOP, to buy the shares from the owners at an established price”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 56:45 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026 negative
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Gabbert: Wasted eight years pursuing multiple side ventures before focusing Room & Board
“I spent those next six or eight, eight years. I did a variety of things. I started a business called bedrooms for kids. I had a wholesale showroom. I bought a design studio. So I spent, as I look at it now, I kind of wasted eight years doing things instead of …”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 25:22 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gabbert: Father signed legal agreement to sell controlling shares of Gabbert's
“This must have been in 77, maybe, and I said, can we agree that I'm going to buy you out? I'm running the business. I've been running the business for a while. Things are going pretty well, and we had a legal document signed that I would buy his, enough of his…”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 16:15 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Gabbert: Room & Board committed early to operating with zero bank debt
“Early on, we just said no bank debt. We're going to operate with no debt. And we did for years and years and years.”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 51:23 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gabbert: Estranged from family for at least a decade after company split
“I basically didn't see family for at least 10 years.”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 24:33 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026 positive
Insight
Gabbert: Specialized component manufacturing cuts furniture costs and expands customer choice
“So the unique thing we bring to the process is we bring the design, and then we have these different manufacturers Make the components, which actually reduces the cost of the piece, because we got these specialists doing what they do really well. And it has th…”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 39:01 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
John Gabbert traded 30% Gabberts stake for full Room & Board ownership
“I own about 30% of the business, and I would trade that 30% for the full ownership of room and board.”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 19:44 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026 negative
Insight
Gabbert: 100% Commission Salespeople Work for Themselves, Not Their Employer
“The truth is if somebody's working for you on a hundred percent commission, they're working for themselves. They're not working for you.”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 9:43 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gabbert: Father Refused to Honor Signed 1980 Buyout Agreement for Family Business
“I went, simply went to him, said, here we have the agreement, and he said, I'm not gonna do it. I said, we have a legal agreement, and he said, oh, I'm not gonna do it.”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 17:12 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 2026 negative
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Gabbert's Brother Sold the Family Furniture Business for Almost Nothing in 2008
“He sold it for almost nothing in 2008.”
John Gabbert May 11, 2026 ▶ 58:43 Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
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