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Founder of The North Face and Esprit brands, Douglas Tompkins, dies in Patagonia | News | DW | 09.12.2015
Tompkins Conservation, the trust started by The North Face founder Doug Tompkins and former Patagonia CEO Kris Tompkins, donated 1 million acres of park land to Chile — Quartz
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Kris Tompkins on leadership and conservation: “We're past the moment where inaction is acceptable.” | McKinsey & Company
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North Face and Esprit millionaire dreams of setting up vast nature reserve in world's second-largest wetlands | Daily Mail Online
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Police probe into why North Face founder Douglas Tompkins went on danger kayak trip | Daily Mail Online
![Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the clothing brands The North Face and Esprit, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile. Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the clothing brands The North Face and Esprit, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile.](http://www.mountainblog.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Kris-and-Doug-Tompkins-947x1024.jpg)
Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the clothing brands The North Face and Esprit, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile.
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