| 词条 | Richard B. Cohen |
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| name = Richard B. Cohen | image = | alt = | caption = | nick_name = Rick Cohen | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | residence = Keene, New Hampshire, U.S. | nationality = United States | networth = {{increase}} $11.0 billion USD (June 2018)[1] | parents = Lester Cohen {{small|(father)}} | spouse = Jan Cohen; 3 children | known_for = Owner of C&S Wholesale Grocers | education = University of Pennsylvania {{small|(BS)}} }} Richard B. "Rick" Cohen (born 1952) is an American billionaire and the sole owner of C&S Wholesale Grocers, the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the United States. BiographyCohen was born to a Jewish family.[1] In 1918, Cohen's grandfather, Israel Cohen, co-founded the food distributor, C&S Wholesalers in Worcester, Massachusetts.[2][3] Israel's son, Lester, a bomber navigator during World War II, expanded the business into supplying military bases.[3] In 1970, Richard Cohen graduated from the Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts and then in 1974, he graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree economics, concentrating in accounting, and joined the family company. After a painful union strike, he persuaded his father to move the company to Brattleboro, Vermont.[3] In 1989, Cohen took control of C&S after his father retired. In 2003, he moved the company headquarters to Keene, New Hampshire.[3] As the food distribution business is very low margin and customer retention is critical,[3] Cohen has grown the company by focusing on efficiencies and customer support.[2] C&S has been able to attain excellent efficiencies - less than 2 percent of the orders processed have errors or omissions - by using generous performance incentives combined with self-managed teams of workers who are responsible for assembling customer orders thereby eliminating costly supervisors.[3] If a customer is having trouble, rather than letting them go bankrupt (and losing them as a customer), Cohen will often purchase them outright, restructure their operations, and then sell them later for a profit.[4] Since 2008, Cohen has been a director at the Food Marketing Institute and is a director of Food Distribution Institute.[2] Cohen is also founder of Symbotic, LLC, which produces an automated storage and retrieval system for dry goods. The system is used by C&S and other large retailers.[5] PhilanthropyThe Holocaust studies center at Keene State College was renamed after the Cohens in thanks of their financial support.[2] In 2002, Cohen was a national finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Assumption College. He serves on the Board of Trustees at the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts.[2] Personal lifeCohen is married to Jan Cohen, executive producer of the Kaddish Project, a touring musical on genocide; the couple have two daughters and one son.[3] References1. ^The Tablet Magazine: "The Jewish Billionaire No One's Heard Of" by Adam Chandler, August 5, 2013. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Richard B.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 The Daily Mail: "Revealed, America's most modest billionaire: Tycoon worth $11bn is so down-to-earth that neighbors don't recognize him - on street where average home is $294,000" By Helen Pow August 5, 2013 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-05/hidden-billionaire-cohen-hauls-fortune-in-unmarked-trucks.html Bloomberg: "Hidden Billionaire Cohen Hauls Fortune in Unmarked Trucks"] by Brendan Coffey & Zohair Siraj, August 5, 2013; accessed May 3, 2014. 4. ^Coffey, Brendan and Siraj, Zohair. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-05/hidden-billionaire-cohen-hauls-fortune-in-unmarked-trucks "Hidden Billionaire Cohen Hauls Fortune in Unmarked Trucks"], Bloomberg, 5 August 2013. Accessed 23 May 2016. 5. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fully-autonomous-robots-the-warehouse-workers-of-the-near-future-1474383024 |title=Fully Autonomous Robots: The Warehouse Workers of the Near Future |date=20 September 2016 |author=Robbie Whelan |publisher=The Wall Street Journal}} 9 : 1952 births|Businesspeople from Massachusetts|Jewish American philanthropists|American billionaires|Living people|Businesspeople from New Hampshire|Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni|University of Pennsylvania alumni|Deerfield Academy alumni |
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