11 Facts About Jerry Greenfield

Jerry Greenfield was born on March 14,1951 and is an American businessman, philanthropist, and activist.

Jerry Greenfield attended Oberlin College, where he was a National Merit Scholar and followed a pre-med curriculum before graduating in 1973.

Jerry Greenfield applied unsuccessfully for medical school before deciding to go into business with Ben Cohen, a childhood friend.

Jerry Greenfield grew up on Long Island, to a family of Jewish roots.

Jerry Greenfield attended Merrick Avenue Junior High School, where he met Ben Cohen in 1963.

Jerry Greenfield chose to pursue a pre-med curriculum at Oberlin College, where he began working as an ice cream scooper in the school's cafeteria.

At this point, Jerry Greenfield decided to move back to New York where he shared an apartment with Cohen and worked as a lab technician.

In 1974, Jerry Greenfield was again rejected from medical school and decided to move to North Carolina with his future wife, Elizabeth Skarie, and continued to work as a lab technician.

Jerry Greenfield lived with Cohen in Saratoga Springs, New York during the summer of 1977.

The couple returned to Vermont in 1985, when Jerry Greenfield assumed the position of Director of Mobile Promotions.

In 1987, Jerry Greenfield married Elizabeth Skarie and in 1988, they had a son Tyrone.