Razvan Fotia @razvanfotia.com · May 15 1 / 2
This is Yvon Chouinard. He built Patagonia into a $3 billion company. Then gave it all away… to the world. Here's the story of the most unusual founder in history:
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Yvon never set out to build a company. He was a climber who ate canned cat food to survive. Lived out of his car and surfed whenever he could. The gear he needed for climbing didn't exist. So in 1957, he bought a used coal forge from a junkyard and taught himself blacksmithing.