E-mail a friendJuly 21, 2006
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen reflects on the phenomenal success of his former company and discusses the need for America to change its spending policies.
Ben Cohen
Ben Cohen
Ben Cohen compares America's defense spending to that of other nations.
Ben Cohen helped turn an ice cream stand in Burlington, VT into one of the late 20th century's greatest entrepreneurial success stories and one of the 50 Companies That Changed the World. Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, he introduced social responsibility to entrepreneurship. Cohen is a Brooklyn native who met his future partner in junior high gym class. After selling the company to Unilever in '00, Cohen remains a force for positive change. He helms two nonprofits, True Majority and Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities.
