Corporate Leadership

How One Family Aims to Break Liberals’ Corporate Voting Power

Bowyer Research wants to shift more influence to conservative-leaning investors by targeting hot-button corporate policies during the annual proxy season.

Jerry Bowyer and his wife Susan operate Bowyer Research out of their home near McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

Photographer: Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg

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Roughly 400 miles from Wall Street in a small town in Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt, Jerry Bowyer, his wife and five of their children have been working around a dining room table, sifting through corporate data on hot-button issues such as abortion, DEI and climate change.

Their goal: Shift more power to conservative investors at company annual meetings. And, with the 2025 proxy season kicking into gear this month, there are signs that the Bowyers are winning some converts.