
Chip Wilson
Chairman, Lululemon
$7.44B
as of 02/18/25
About Chip Wilson
Dennis "Chip" Wilson is the founder and former CEO of Lululemon, which he started with a single store in Vancouver in 2000.
He took the athleisure company public in 2007 but resigned as chairman in 2013 and removed himself from the business completely in 2015.
Although Wilson has no management role at Lululemon, he remains its biggest individual shareholder with an 8% stake.
Wilson, his wife and five sons now operate a holding company called Hold It All, which invests in apparel, real estate and private equity.
He has stakes in Chinese activewear company Anta Sports and Amer Sports, which owns brands like Salomon, Arc'teryx and Wilson.
Personal stats
Citizenship
CanadaSource of wealth
LululemonResidence
Vancouver, CanadaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/01/57 (age 68)Number of children
5Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of CalgarySelf-made
self-madeChip Wilson’s fortune is worth

124K
troy ounces of gold

114K
median U.S. household

74K
median U.S. income

0.149%
U.S. credit card volume

0.03%
GDP of the United States

0.022%
United States debt
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Did you know?
The son of a seamstress, Wilson's first retail venture was Westbeach Snowboard, which he started in 1979 to sell apparel for surfers, skaters and snowboarders.
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NYSE | AS-US
Amer SportsHONG KONG | 2020-HK
ANTA Sports Products Ltd.NASDAQ | LULU-US
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