Chip Wilson, the billionaire founder of multinational athletic apparel retailer Lululemon Inc., is gifting more than $75 million—the biggest private donation in Canadian conservation history—to help protect, enhance, and sustain British Columbia’s natural spaces.
Wilson and his wife, Summer, announced the donation at an event held in Vancouver’s Stanley Park on Sept. 15, noting that the charity will be made through the Wilson 5 Foundation, a philanthropic family foundation.
The money will go toward a campaign launched by BC Parks Foundation in 2018 and will directly contribute to Canada’s effort to reach its international commitment to protect 25 percent of land and sea by 2025….