Alan Gerry was born on December 24,1929 and is an American billionaire and founder of Cablevision Industries.
10 Facts About Alan Gerry
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Alan Gerry opened a store purely focused on television sales but soon realized that after an initial surge in sales, the recurring cash flows from cable subscribers was where the income was.
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Alan Gerry created the Alan Gerry Foundation, an organization established to stimulate economic activity and revitalization in Sullivan County, New York.
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Alan Gerry purchased and resurrected the original 1969 Woodstock Festival site, naming it the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, New York.
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Alan Gerry donated $10 million to the National Cable Center in Denver.
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Alan Gerry endowed a chair of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School, established the Paul Alan Gerry Dialysis Center in Sayre, Pennsylvania, funded the addition of a wing on his local hospital, and is involved in a program at Boston University to find a cure for amyloidosis.
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In 1995, Alan Gerry was awarded the Vanguard Award, cable television's honor for distinguished leadership.
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Alan Gerry received the Entrepreneur-of-the-Year Award from the New England chapter of the Institute of American Entrepreneurs, the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America, and the Americanism Award from the Anti-Defamation League.
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Alan Gerry has received an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from Roger Williams University and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the State University of New York.
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Alan Gerry is married to Sandra Gerry, an educator and former teacher; they have two daughters and a son: Annelise Gerry, Robyn Gerry, and Adam Gerry.