Company · Fashion & Apparel · Consumer Products · founded 1973
Patagonia
Outdoor clothing, equipment and food retailer based in Ventura, California, founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973. In September 2022 Chouinard transferred its ownership to the Patagonia Purpose Trust and the Holdfast Collective.
Of the 1 person here linked to Patagonia, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
1 person at Patagonia
Founder Still there
Role
Founder, 1973–now
Source
· medium confidence. The Patagonia page gives 1973 and says he transferred ownership in September 2022 to the Patagonia Purpose Trust, overseen by the Chouinard family; Ryan Gellert is CEO. No page I opened states a current title for Chouinard.
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Yvon Chouinard
Founder, Chouinard Equipment and Patagonia, Inc.
working-class · outsider · no college