Steve Bernard

Steve Bernard (August 25, 1947 – March 7, 2009) was an American adventurer and businessman who co-founded Cape Cod Potato Chips with his older brother, Jude Bernard in 1980.

Biography Born on August 25, 1947, in Concord, New Hampshire, Bernard attended the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a degree in economics. An avid adventurer, he spent the decade following his graduation hitchhiking across the country, fighting forest fires in Alaska, sailing trough the Caribbean, working on chicken farms, and installing car sunroofs. Bernard bought the company and its factory back from Anheuser-Busch for approximately $2.8 million in 1996. Snack food company Lance Inc. bought the company from Bernard in 1996, by which time annual sales had reached $30 million.

Personal Bernard and his wife Lynn started a sandwich shop which led to the creation of Chatham Village Market, a company that sold packaged croutons, seasoned and made from leftover bread. Bernard later sold the company to T. Marzetti Company in 1997. Nicole sold the company in early 2008.

A resident of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, and Sanibel, Florida, Bernard died from pancreatic cancer at age 61 on March 7, 2009, in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He was survived by his wife, his daughter and two grandchildren, as well as three brothers and a sister.