#514: Chip Wilson — Building Lululemon, The Art of Setting Goals, and The 10 Great Decisions of Your Life

Chip Wilson — Building Lululemon, the Art of Setting
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Chip Wilson (@chipYVR) is a serial
entrepreneur and philanthropist. His career in the apparel
industry began in 1979 as founder and CEO of Westbeach
Snowboarding Ltd. In 1998, after selling Westbeach in 1997, he
founded lululemon athletica inc., creating an entirely new
category of technical apparel called “athleisure” — now a $400
billion global industry.


Through his holding company and family office, Chip focuses his
interests on apparel, real estate, private equity, passive
investments, and philanthropy. Chip and his wife Shannon’s
passion for design led to the creation of the internationally
recognized KPU Wilson School of Design in 2018.


In 2019, the Wilsons partnered with Anta Sports to buy Amer
Sports, which includes brands such as Arc’teryx, Salomon, and
Wilson Sporting Goods. Chip currently sits on Amer’s board of
directors.


The 2021 edition of his business memoir, The Story
of lululemon is available for free
at chipwilson.com/book. Last
but not least, Chip is steadfast in his pursuit to cure
facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). He is on the board
of Facio Therapies and has begun his latest big 2021
project, Cure FSHD.


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