Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, 87, has a life update: He’s been “working harder than an 87-year-old should.” However, as detailed in the company’s latest Work in Progress Report, which details ...

Capitalism is not usually rewritten by someone who calls himself a "dirtbag." Yet that is exactly what climber-turned-industrialist Yvon Chouinard has tried to do, building a multibillion‑dollar ...

“Life is a lot easier if you break the rules,” says Yvon Chouinard, the founder and CEO of Patagonia. He recalls how his days of being a “juvenile delinquent,” catching fish in the LA River and ...

Stephanie Mehta: What was your initial reaction when you heard the news that the Chouinard family was going to give up ownership of Patagonia through this unique structure designed to preserve its ...

Yvon Chouinard lived out of his car and ate cat food as a professional rock climber in the 1960s. The 83-year-old is giving away Patagonia, worth about $3 billion, to a trust and nonprofit. Yvon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At Tuesday’s New York City premiere of Nat Geo’s documentary “Wild Life,” Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, shed light on his ...

American businessman Yvon Chouinard, the founder of billionaire fashion brand Patagonia, is giving away his entire company to a charity to fight climate change. The 83-year-old philanthropist ...

Patagonia's founder is transferring ownership of the company after nearly 50 years into two entities that will help fight the climate crisis. Patagonia is a private company based in Ventura, ...

Fly-fishing aficionado and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard leads a class of brand-new fly-fishermen (and women) in how to cast with the company’s Tenkara rod. I was 20 minutes late. Los Angeles ...