Ben Cohen

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The Best One Yet · 🍦 “Banana Split” — Interview with Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Ben Cohen · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

Because we stood up for things like racial justice, one of the proudest moments of my life was after Jerry and I were no longer actively involved in the company and after the tragedy of the murder of George Floyd.

the company came out with this incredibly powerful statement that we must dismantle white supremacy.

And I had no idea that was happening.

I had no idea that was going to happen.

I saw it the same time everybody else did.

And I was just so proud that it signified that Jerry and I were successful at what we were trying to do, which was to imbue

the values in the company we didn't want it to be just dependent on jerry and myself so you know the company takes these stands some of which are well a lot of them are controversial not everybody agrees with them you know i've always said you know there's no sense taking a stand if somebody already agrees with what you're standing for and

what ends up happening is that you form this relationship with your customers that's based on shared values.

And that's really the deepest, strongest relationship that you can form with anybody.

I mean, can an inanimate object like a business have a heart, a soul, and a spirit?

I think Ben and Jerry's does.

And it was because of the social mission.

It's taking stands on stuff that

based on justice, a belief in justice.

I think so.

I think businesses are members of the community and they need to be responsible members of the community, responsible to the community, responsible for

values other than maximizing their short-term profits and whatever falls out.

The reality is that business is incredibly political.

Business controls our elections through campaign contributions.

Business controls our legislation through lobbying.

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