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Douglas Tompkins
Douglas Tompkins is an American conservationist and former businessman.
Tompkins co-founded and ran two clothing companies: the outdoor clothing company The North Face; and with his then-wife Susie, the ESPRIT clothing company. Since leaving the business world in 1989, Tompkins has dedicated himself to environmental activism and land conservation. Along with his wife, Kris Tompkins, he has bought and conserved over of wilderness in Chile and Argentina, more than any other private individual.〔(“Pleistocene Park” emerges from Patagonia’s rescued grasslands ), nationalgeographic, 23.01.2010〕 Together, the two have focused on park creation, wildlife recovery, ecological agriculture, and activism with the overarching goal of saving biodiversity while leading others to do the same. He is one of the largest private land-owners in the world.
==Early life==
Tompkins was born in Ohio on March 20, 1943, the son of an antiques dealer and decorator. He spent the first few years of his life in New York City before his family moved to Millbrook, New York. He graduated from Indian Mountain School, a pre-prep school in Lakeville, CT, in 1957. In his senior year at Pomfret School in Connecticut, Tompkins was expelled for various minor infractions. He returned to his hometown in Millbrook, but did not graduate from high school.
Tompkins spent the years between 1960 and 1962 ski racing and rock climbing in Colorado, Europe and South America. In 1963, Tompkins founded the California Mountaineering Guide Service.〔The Conservation Land Trust〕 It was during this time he met Susie, who would later become his wife, while hitch-hiking in California.
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