T gary rogers biography

Thomas Gary Rogers (June 5, 1942 – May 2, 2017) was an American entrepreneur and executive who acquired and built Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream into a major company. Rogers was formerly a director of Levi Strauss & Co. and he served as the first non-family Chairman of their board in 155 years.

Rogers was born in Stockton, California.^[1] He attended Harvard Business School with Bob Haas who preceded him as Chairman of Levi Strauss.^[2] Rogers retired from the Levi's Board of Directors on December 3, 2009.^[3] He became chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for a term beginning January 1, 2009.^[4] He was also the chairman of Safeway Inc.^[5]

Rogers purchased Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream with his business partner, Rick Cronk, for $1 million in 1977.

He was the CEO and he and Cronk were managers and principal shareholders of Dreyer's for almost 30 years, until the company was acqui T. Gary Rogers - Biography - IMDb WEZIN