Alan Gerry

Alan Gerry (born December 24, 1929) is an American billionaire and founder of Cablevision Industries.

Early life and education Gerry was born to a Jewish family in Liberty, New York, the son of immigrants from Russia. After high school, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he was placed in the electronics program he started a television sales, installation and repair business and the largest privately owned cable company in the United States with 64 cable systems covering 1.3 million subscribers in 18 states - to Time Warner Cable established the Paul Gerry Dialysis Center in Sayre, Pennsylvania, funded the addition of a wing on his local hospital, and is involved in a program at Boston University to find a cure for amyloidosis. In 2000, he was inducted into the Cable Television Hall of Fame. Gerry received the Entrepreneur-of-the-Year Award from the New England chapter of the Institute of American Entrepreneurs, the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America, and the Americanism Award from the Anti-Defamation League. He has received an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from Roger Williams University and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the State University of New York.

Personal life He is married to Sandra Gerry, an educator and former teacher; they have two daughters and a son: