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Douglas Tompkins

1943 - 2015

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Douglas Rainsford Tompkins (March 20, 1943 – December 8, 2015) was an American businessman, conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and agriculturalist. He founded the North Face Inc, co-founded Esprit and various environmental groups, including the Foundation for Deep Ecology and Tompkins Conservation. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he and Susie Tompkins Buell (née Russell), his first wife, co-founded and ran two companies: the outdoor equipment and clothing company The North Face and the Esprit clothing company. Following their divorce and Tompkins' departure from the business world in 1989, he became active in environmental and land conservation causes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Tompkins is the 385th most popular businessperson (down from 299th in 2024), the 4,733rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,385th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Douglas Tompkins ranks 385 out of 847. Before him are Arnold Rothstein, Dieter Zetsche, Akio Toyoda, Henry E. Steinway, Thierry Breton, and Paul Sacher. After him are Norio Ohga, Satya Nadella, Tanaka Hisashige, Oleg Deripaska, Tatsumi Kimishima, and Sylvia Beach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Douglas Tompkins ranks 303. Before him are Valery Nepomnyashchy, Gianni Russo, Nolan Bushnell, Hans Heyer, Paul Freeman, and Sylvester McCoy. After him are Teun A. van Dijk, Laura Biagiotti, John Zerzan, Hilton Valentine, Kirin Kiki, and Jimmy Snuka. Among people deceased in 2015, Douglas Tompkins ranks 182. Before him are Jackie Collins, Valentin Rasputin, Nils Christie, Czesław Kiszczak, Jon Vickers, and Movita Castaneda. After him are László Paskai, Ahmed Chalabi, Lesley Gore, Rico Rodriguez, Ron Clarke, and Gunnar Hansen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Tompkins ranks 4,733 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Jackson (1953), Ken Jenkins (1940), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), Judith Reisman (1935), Nick Cravat (1912), and Misha Collins (1974). After him are Huey Long (1893), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), Jim Thorpe (1887), Donna Tartt (1963), Louis Farrakhan (1933), and Lunalilo (1835).

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Among businesspeople born in United States, Douglas Tompkins ranks 121. Before him are Jack Welch (1935), David Stern (1942), Roger Ailes (1940), Timothy Dexter (1747), Erin Brockovich (1960), and Arnold Rothstein (1882). After him are Sylvia Beach (1887), Robert Mercer (1946), Howard Schultz (1953), Peter Lynch (1944), Edwin Drake (1819), and Roy E. Disney (1930).

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