--- title: Ben Cohen | TIME description: Ben Cohen is the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s. canonical: https://time.com/author/ben-cohen/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/ben-cohen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ben Cohen ## Ben Cohen Ben Cohen is the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s. ## Ben Cohen *  Jan 15, 2026 ### [Why We Are Fighting For Ben & Jerry’s To Be Independent Again](https://time.com/7344796/ben-jerrys-ice-cream-magnum-unilever-independent-board/) “The most powerful tool a business has is its voice,” writes the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 13, 2014 ### [There's a Traveling Machine Trying to Stamp Money Out of Politics--Literally](https://time.com/3108646/citizens-united-amendment-movement/) A series of calamitous Supreme Court rulings triggered a tsunami of corporate cash into politics and... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ben-cohen/","name":"Ben Cohen"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ben-cohen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ben-cohen/"},"name":"Ben Cohen","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ben Cohen is the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s.","url":"https://time.com/author/ben-cohen/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```