Jerry Greenfield
Jerry Greenfield was born on March 14, 1951. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Jerry Greenfield
Jerry Greenfield (born March 14, 1951) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and activist. He is a co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc. Greenfield grew up on Long Island. He attended Oberlin College, where he was a National Merit Scholar and followed a pre-med curriculum before graduating in 1973. He applied unsuccessfully for medical school before deciding to go into business with Ben Cohen, a childhood friend. After taking a course in ice-cream making from Penn State, Greenfield and Cohen opened their first ice cream store in downtown Burlington, Vermont. The company was sold to British-Dutch corporation Unilever in 2000. As of 2021 it had 573 stores and as of 2025 annual revenues of $1.28 billion.