Biography
Born in New York City to Alfred and Lucile Hollender in 1954, Jeffrey Hollender attended the Riverdale Country Day School from 1965-1972 and went on to graduate from the Putney School in Putney, Vermont in 1973. When asked about the role of the Putney School in Hollender’s life and career, he has stated that: “the most important thing got from Putney was that it was more holistic—less segmented and compartmentalized—in the way that it approached education.” Following the conclusion of high school, Hollender went on to attend Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Beginning in 1979, Hollender became involved in the education and publishing entertainment industry as president of Warner Audio Publishing, a division of Warner Communications –a position he held through 1987. Following his tenure at Warner Audio Publishing, Hollender acquired a small mail order catalogue centered on energy conservation products known as Renew America, a business that eventually blossomed into Seventh Generation in 1988. For more than twenty years, Hollender acted as President, CEO and “Chief Inspired Protagonist” of the Vermont-based company, helping to develop Seventh Generation into a leading authority on making a positive difference in the health of the planet through simple, everyday choices. In 2004, Seventh Generation was named the seventh most responsible brand in America based upon a study performed by Alloy Media & Marketing and as of 2010, the company Hollender co-founded claimed to have an annual revenue of $150 million.
Hollender and his wife, Sheila, have three children, Meika, Alexander, and Chiara, and divide their time between Charlotte, Vermont, and New York City.
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