Gary Hirshberg
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Gary Hirshberg is an American businessman and environmental advocate best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the organic yogurt company Stonyfield Farm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gary Hirshberg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9735569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Hirshberg Context triple: [Food, Inc., featuresPerson, Gary Hirshberg]
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A.
Strauss Zelnick
Strauss Zelnick is an American media executive best known as the longtime CEO and chairman of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, overseeing franchises like Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K.
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B.
Jonathan Tisch
Jonathan Tisch is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels and co-owner of the New York Giants.
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C.
Michael Greenburg
Michael Greenburg is an American film and television producer best known for his work on projects such as the series "Stargate SG-1" and for his former marriage to actress Sharon Stone.
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D.
Rich Silverstein
Rich Silverstein is an influential American advertising executive and co-founder of the agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, known for iconic campaigns such as “Got Milk?”.
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E.
Benjamin Glazer
Benjamin Glazer was an Academy Award–winning American screenwriter, producer, and director active during the early decades of Hollywood cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Hirshberg Target entity description: Gary Hirshberg is an American businessman and environmental advocate best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the organic yogurt company Stonyfield Farm.
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A.
Strauss Zelnick
Strauss Zelnick is an American media executive best known as the longtime CEO and chairman of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, overseeing franchises like Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K.
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B.
Jonathan Tisch
Jonathan Tisch is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels and co-owner of the New York Giants.
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C.
Michael Greenburg
Michael Greenburg is an American film and television producer best known for his work on projects such as the series "Stargate SG-1" and for his former marriage to actress Sharon Stone.
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D.
Rich Silverstein
Rich Silverstein is an influential American advertising executive and co-founder of the agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, known for iconic campaigns such as “Got Milk?”.
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E.
Benjamin Glazer
Benjamin Glazer was an Academy Award–winning American screenwriter, producer, and director active during the early decades of Hollywood cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entrepreneur
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environmentalist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
GMO labeling
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climate change action ⓘ organic agriculture ⓘ sustainable business practices ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Global Green USA’s Corporate Environmental Leadership Award
NERFINISHED
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US EPA Clean Air Excellence Award (for Stonyfield Farm) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Danone North America (advisory roles)
NERFINISHED
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Stonyfield Farm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessModel | organic, environmentally focused brand-building ⓘ |
| businessRegion | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Stonyfield Farm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
The College of the Atlantic
NERFINISHED
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The Derryfield School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Stonyfield Farm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hirshberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
environmental advocacy
ⓘ
organic food business ⓘ sustainable agriculture ⓘ |
| founded | Just Label It campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | business writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Gary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | three children ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Meg Hirshberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | organic food industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Stonyfield Farm
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leading organic food industry advocacy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Gary Hirshberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea | linking business success with environmental responsibility ⓘ |
| notableWork | Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
CEO
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author ⓘ businessman ⓘ environmental advocate ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Manchester, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
CEO of Stonyfield Farm
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Chairman of Stonyfield Farm ⓘ |
| publicSpeakerOn |
entrepreneurship
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organic food policy ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| residence | New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gary Hirshberg Description of subject: Gary Hirshberg is an American businessman and environmental advocate best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the organic yogurt company Stonyfield Farm.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.