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Sara mclean ben cohen biography
Ben Cohen (businessman)
American businessman (born )
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| Born | Bennett Cohen () March 18, (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, ) 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 [3] They continued on to Sanford H.
Calhoun High School.[4] In his senior year, Cohen found work as an ice cream man before leaving f