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Douglas Rainsford Tompkins (March 20, 1943 – December 8, 2015) was an American businessman, conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and agriculturalist. He founded the North Face Inc, co-founded Esprit and various environmental groups, including the Foundation for Deep Ecology and Tompkins Conservation.
Dec 9, 2015 · Doug Tompkins, who launched the North Face in 1966 and later devoted himself to environmentalism and conservation in Patagonia, passed away in 2015 after a kayaking accident. He founded several organizations to protect wild lands and create parks in Chile, such as Pumalin Park and Patagonia Park.
Dec 9, 2015 · Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the North Face and Esprit clothing brands, died on Tuesday after a kayaking accident in the Patagonia region of southern Chile. He was...
Dec 9, 2015 · Doug Tompkins, who died in 2015, was a co-founder of The North Face and Esprit. He used his fortune to buy and protect millions of acres of wilderness in Patagonia, Chile.
Dec 9, 2015 · Douglas Tompkins made his fortune on global consumerism but ended his life as an anti-capitalist, environmental crusader in Chile and Argentina.
Dec 10, 2015 · Doug Tompkins, the founder of The North Face and Esprit, died in a kayaking accident in Chile in 2015. He was a passionate and visionary conservationist who created millions of acres of national parks in Patagonia and inspired many in the outdoor community.
In 1966, a young climber named Doug Tompkins used his savings to start a revolution. A humble shop in San Francisco soon became a cultural trading post where the Grateful Dead played live, the Beat Generation shared new ideas and a who’s who of American climbers stopped in after traversing Yosemite.
