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Jerry Greenfield

Who

Jerry Greenfield · Economics & Business

What

Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Jewish American entrepreneur.

When

1951, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Jerry Greenfield is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Jewish American entrepreneur.

How & why

Jerry Greenfield is an American businessman who in 1978, with his childhood friend Ben Cohen, co-founded Ben & Jerry's in a converted Vermont gas station, building it into one of the world's best-known ice-cream brands. The company became a model of socially responsible business, tying its growth to environmental and social causes. Greenfield is a Jewish American, and he and Cohen have long connected their values to their Jewish upbringing.

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Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Jewish American entrepreneur.

1978

Source: Wikipedia