The Chouinard family shocked the business world by making Earth its only shareholder. Now we wait for others to follow suit. Holdfast Collective is No. 4 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most ...

Forget woke capitalism or some tax scheme. Patagonia has moved the goalposts—again—on our expectations of what companies can do to fight climate change. In moving all ownership of the company to the ...

For many business leaders, joining the billionaires club is the ultimate badge of success—placing them among the ranks of Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos. However, for Yvon Chouinard, the ...

Over the past few years, previously uncool and markedly dorky technical gear emerged from the tent and trail-ran into the mainstream. Hiking boots, well-insulated fleeces, and sweat-wicking shorts ...

Outdoor retailer Patagonia has never been shy about its corporate activism. Its founder Yvon Chouinard has now shown that he is willing to put his money where his mouth is, by giving the company away ...

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is giving his company away — to planet Earth, he announced Wednesday. “I never wanted to be a businessman,” Chouinard wrote in an open letter announcing the transfer ...