Rank #712
Chip Wilson
Net worth $5.8B
Lululemon · Canada
- Born
- Jan 01, 1957
- Age
- 69
- Source
- Lululemon
- Residence
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 5
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Calgary
Net worth over time
Biography
- Dennis "Chip" Wilson is the founder and former CEO of Lululemon, which he started with a single store in Vancouver in 2000.
- He took the athleisure company public in 2007 but resigned as chairman in 2013 and removed himself from the business completely in 2015.
- Although Wilson has no management role at Lululemon, he remains its biggest individual shareholder with a 7% stake.
- Wilson, his wife and five sons now operate a holding company called Hold It All, which invests in apparel, real estate and private equity.
- He has stakes in Chinese activewear company Anta Sports and Amer Sports, which owns brands like Salomon, Arc'teryx and Wilson.
- The son of a seamstress, Wilson's first retail venture was Westbeach Snowboard, which he started in 1979 to sell apparel for surfers, skaters and snowboarders.
- While studying at the University of Calgary, Wilson took a break and worked on the Alaskan oil pipelines for 18 months.
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