S. Prestley Blake

Stewart Prestley Blake (November 26, 1914 – February 11, 2021) was an American businessman. He was a co-founder of the Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (known more commonly as "Friendly's").

Blake founded the Friendly's national restaurant chain during the Great Depression, in 1935. The company was sold to Hershey Foods in 1979 for $164 million, and again for $375 million in 1988. He was chairman of the company until 1979.

In 2006 he was minority shareholder in Friendly's.

Blake died on February 11, 2021 in Florida, aged 106.Friendly's Co-Founder S. Prestley Blake Dies At 106

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