Joe ben cohen biography
Ben cohen...
Joe ben cohen biography
Ben Cohen (businessman)
American businessman (born 1951)
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| Born | Bennett Cohen (1951-03-18) March 18, 1951 (age 73) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Food company founder |
| Known for | Co-founder with Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerrys, former company CEO |
Bennett Cohen (born March 18, 1951) is an American businessman, activist and philanthropist.
He is a co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's.[1]
Early life
Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the town of Merrick, New York, on Long Island by Jewish parents Frances and Irving.
He spent at least one summer at Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp in New Milford, Connecticut.[2] Cohen first met and befriended his future business partner Jerry Greenfield in a seventh grade gym class in 1963.[3] They continued on to Sanford H.
Calhoun High School.[4] In his senior year, Cohen found wor