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

Well hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another Episode of the Tim Ferriss show. Top of the day to you. My guest today is Chip Wilson. You can find him on Twitter at ChipYVR. We'll explain what that means. And online at ChipWilson.com. He is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist. There are a couple of names you may recognize in this bio. His career in the apparel industry began in nineteen seventy nine as founder and CEO of West Beach Snowboarding Limited. In nineteen ninety eight, after selling West Beach in nineteen ninety seven, he was He founded Lululemon Athletica Inc., creating an entirely new category of technical apparel called Athleisure, which is now a four hundred billion dollar or so.

Yeah. 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 Antis Sports to buy Amers Sports. which includes brands such as Arcteryx, Solomon, and Wilson Sporting Goods. Chip currently sits on Amherst Board of Directors. The twenty twenty one edition of his business memoir, The Story of Lululemon, is available for free at Chipwilson.com forward slash book. So be sure to check that out. Chipwilson.com slash book. Last but not least, Chip is steadfast in his pursuit to cure fascio scapuloh humoral muscular dystrophy, known as F S H D. He is on the board of fasciotherapies, that's F A C I O, and has begun his latest big

twenty twenty-one project cure FSHD. As I mentioned, you can find him online chipwilson.com, Twitter at Chip Y VR, Facebook, ChipYVR, Instagram, ChipWilson. Official And we cover a lot of ground in this one. A lot of different angles, a lot of different facets, and a lot of really good stories. Please enjoy. This conversation with Chip

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