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Billionaire Chip Wilson donates $76 million to preserve forest land in Canada

Chip Wilson is the 13th wealthiest person in Canada with a fortune of about $5.7 billion. This is possibly the biggest private donation in Canadian conservation history.
Explainer: Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard gives away company to fight climate crisis

By donating his entire company away, Yvon Chouinard, founder of apparel maker Patagonia and a reluctant billionaire, wants to start a new kind of capitalism that intends to help combat climate change and the environmental crisis.
Who is Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire giving his company away for climate causes

Yvon Chouinard, the founder of fashion brand Patagonia, whose net worth is estimated to be $1.2 billion, has long championed environmental causes.

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Yvon Chouinard

Billionaire Chip Wilson donates $76 million to preserve forest land in Canada

Explainer: Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard gives away company to fight climate crisis

Who is Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire giving his company away for climate causes