{"id":28352,"date":"2012-02-08T08:01:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T16:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=28352"},"modified":"2012-02-08T08:10:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T16:10:41","slug":"chip-wilson-most-successful-shop-owner-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=28352","title":{"rendered":"Chip Wilson: Most Successful Shop Owner Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6108973.bin_.jpeg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6108973.bin_.jpeg','popup','width=620,height=414,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6108973.bin-tm.jpg\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"6108973.Bin\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westbeach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Westbeach Snowboard Shop and outerwear<\/a><\/strong> founder <strong>Chip Wilson<\/strong> (who is much more famous for founding <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lululemon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lululemon Athletica<\/a><\/strong>) has been named Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year by the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvic.ca\/gustavson\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Victoria\u2019s Gustavson School of Business<\/a><\/strong>, according to a story in the <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/business\/UVic+names+Lululemon+founder+Distinguished+Entrepreneur+Year\/6108947\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Times Colonist<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cChip Wilson exemplifies the values of a visionary entrepreneur,\u201d <strong>Peter Gustavson<\/strong>, founder and chair of the Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award committee, said in a statement Monday. \u201cHe turned a passion for health and fitness into a world-wide movement and has inspired countless others through his unique outlook and commitment to quality. His values permeate everything he does.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wilson, who reportedly <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/article\/64753--lululemon-founder-chip-wilson-steps-down-from-management-will-stay-on-board\" target=\"_blank\">left his position as chief innovation and branding officer for Lululemon<\/a><\/strong> on Janaury 29, 2012, is staying on as chairman of the board. And, if <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Business magazine<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is correct, Wilson is the most successful snowboard shop owner ever with a current net worth of about $2.85 billion. Damn, shredder. That&#8217;s big dollars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/business\/UVic+names+Lululemon+founder+Distinguished+Entrepreneur+Year\/6108947\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Time Colonist<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/article\/64753--lululemon-founder-chip-wilson-steps-down-from-management-will-stay-on-board\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Business<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westbeach Snowboard Shop and outerwear founder Chip Wilson (who is much more famous for founding Lululemon Athletica) has been named Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year by the University of Victoria\u2019s Gustavson School of Business, according to a story in the Times Colonist. \u201cChip Wilson exemplifies the values of a visionary entrepreneur,\u201d Peter Gustavson, founder and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28352"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28355,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28352\/revisions\/28355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}