Doug Tompkins has passed away
Douglas R. Tompkins, the American entrepreneur and conservationist who founded The North Face in 1964 or 1966, according to conflicting reports, and Esprit in 1968, died in a kayaking accident on General Carrera Lake in the Patagonia region of Southern Chile on Dec. 8. He was 72 years old. ...
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