doug tompkins

Doug Tompkins, billionaire & co-founder of The North Face & Esprit, has died of hypothermia resulting from a kayak accident in Chilean Patagonia today. “Since leaving the business world in 1989, Tompkins dedicated himself to environmental activism and land conservation. Along with his wife, Kris Tompkins, he bought and conserved over 2 million acres (8,100 km2) of wilderness in Chile and Argentina, […]