Timothy Boyle

$1.75B

$23.6M (-1.3%)

as of 07/14/25

About Timothy Boyle

Timothy Boyle is chairman and CEO of Columbia Sportswear.

The business started as Columbia Hat Company in Portland, founded in 1938 by Boyle's grandparents, who had fled Nazi Germany for the U.S.

Boyle started working at the family business as a college senior, helping his mother run the company after his father's death in 1971.

He is the largest shareholder and has served as CEO for over three decades, steering the company to $3.5 billion in sales.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Columbia Sportswear

Residence

Portland, Oregon

Marital status

Married

Birth date

09/07/49 (age 75)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Oregon

Self-made

self-made

Timothy Boyle’s fortune is worth

29K

troy ounces of gold

27K

median U.S. household

18K

median U.S. income

0.035%

U.S. credit card volume

0.007%

GDP of the United States

0.005%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Boyle has a son and daughter who both work for the company.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NASDAQ | COLM-US

Columbia Sportswear Co.

NYSE | NWN-US

Northwest Natural Gas Co.