What I'm creating
From entrepreneurialism to philanthropy, apparel and design to investment, the common link is a clear vision and the ability to propel idea to action.
Projects
Solve FSHD
Solve FSHD has been established to catalyze pace and innovation around Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy - consisting of a core team that is supported by a world-class Scientific Advisory Board. Solve FSHD is focused on accelerating research, drug development and clinical trials for effective FSHD therapies.
Kits Beach Capital
Investing in companies that create possibilities for people to live longer, healthier, more fun lives and that align with our vision and values.
Hold It All
Maintaining his commitment to doing things differently, Chip now devotes his time and energy to growing the assets and entities within his family office and holding company, Hold It All Inc., all of which directly reflect his diverse interests, personal vision and family’s values.
Wilson School of Design
Chip and his wife Summer’s passion for design, ingenuity and people development led to the creation of the internationally recognized Kwantlen Polytechnic University Wilson School of Design in 2018.
lululemon
As founder, CEO and Board Chair, Chip drove one of the greatest Canadian business success stories of all time.
Anticipating that yoga would be the next big athletic movement, Chip established himself in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano and enrolled local yogis and a few neighbours to create what would become an entirely new category of technical apparel now called “athleisure” - which has since grown to become a $400 billion global industry.
Amer Sports
In 2019, the Wilson family invested in Amer Sports, a multi-brand athletic company that includes internationally recognized brands Salomon, Arc'teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic, Suunto, and Wilson Sporting Goods.
Amer products are designed to improve athletes’ performance, help them achieve their goals, and provide them with more enjoyment from their activity of choice.
Wilson 5 Foundation
The Wilson 5 Foundation is a philanthropic family foundation with a focus on land conservancy, parks and public art to encourage recreation and movement. It was established in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Chip Wilson, his wife Summer, and their five sons.
Low Tide Properties
A private real estate investment, development, and management company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Low Tide Properties invests and immerses themselves in the emerging neighbourhoods they know best and work to become part of the community.
Imagine1Day
imagine1day was founded in 2007 by Canadian philanthropists Chip and Summer Wilson with the goal of ensuring that all Ethiopian children have access to quality education, free of foreign aid, by 2030.
Westbeach
Chip Wilson honed his expertise in technical apparel through his early days building the Westbeach brand, which he founded in 1979. The popular retailer was targeted to the surf, skate, and snowboard markets. Evolving Westbeach from a primarily “surf and skateboard” brand to become a pioneer in snowboarding apparel required risk and was a testament to Chip’s keen intuition about athletic and apparel trends.
The Story
of lululemon
The Story
of lululemon
LEARN ABOUT HOW CHIP WILSON PIONEERED A CULTURE AT lululemon THAT CELEBRATED RADICAL PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND BROUGHT ABOUT A SEACHANGE TO THE WORLDS OF RETAIL AND APPAREL.
