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Chip Wilson

Lululemon: yoga category creation, community-as-distribution

Dennis J. "Chip" Wilson is an American-Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist who has founded several retail apparel companies, most notably the yoga-inspired athletic apparel company Lululemon Athletica. As of March 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth to be $6.3 billion USD.

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