User:Mharbert20/Gary Erickson

Gary Erickson (born 1957) is an American businessman, author, cyclist, and co-founder of Clif Bar, an organic food and drink company. He and his wife, Kit Crawford, have an estimated net worth of $890 million.

Early life and career
The grandson of Greek immigrants, he said that his grandmother and mother's cooking strongly influenced his creation of Clif Bar.

Erickson was originally a saddle designer for bikes. He worked at the Palo Alto based company called Avocet in the 1980s.

Career
Recently, Erickson gained national attention when he and his wife took out a full page advertisement in the New York Times to call on the Kind company to use organic ingredients in their food.