Tag Archives: CoFounder

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever. The message was conveyed in a letter that co-founder Ben Cohen posted on social media platform X …

Anne Wojcicki’s bid to buy 23andMe, the genetic testing company she co-founded nearly 20 years ago, has received the court green light. That means Wojcicki’s non-profit TTAM Research Institute will purchase “substantially all” of San Francisco-based 23andMe’s assets for $305 million US (about $416 million Cdn). The transaction — which arrives …

Irv Gotti — the music producer who co-founded hip-hop label Murder, Inc., and signed stars such as Ja Rule, Ashanti and Lloyd — has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, Murder, Inc.’s parent label, confirmed Gotti’s death in a post on social media late Wednesday night.  “His contributions at Def Jam, as both an A&R …

Ehtereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a proof of transfer of 100 ETH and 100 MKR, worth approximately $606,110 (roughly Rs. 4.5 crores), for use in COVID-19 relief in India. Ethereum, the open-source blockchain software founded in 2014, is used to build contracts on the blockchain, and has recently been in …