PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 16: (L-R) Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, partnered with MoveOn to hand out free ice cream at Franklin Square in Philadelphia during their Scoop The Vote tour to get-out-the-vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats down the ballot. on September 16, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for MoveOn)
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Ben Cohen explains why his co-founder quit Ben & Jerry's

Hours after Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigned from the ice cream company he founded nearly five decades ago, his former business partner, Ben Cohen, revealed to CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich why Jerry felt he had to leave.

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