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2 unusual facts about T. Gary Rogers


T. Gary Rogers

He was the CEO and he and Cronk were managers and principal shareholders of Dreyer's for almost 30 years, until the company was acquired by Nestlé in 2006.

Rogers was formerly a director of Levi Strauss & Co. and he served as the first non-family Chairman of their board in 155 years.


Rick Cronk

Though not a failure, the chain struggled and then in 1977 Cronk and close friend and associate, T. Gary Rogers, purchased Dreyer's, which was then a popular ice cream company operating exclusively in the San Francisco Bay Area.


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