He also founded the Esprit clothing company with his first wife, Susie. Their marriage ended in divorce. After retiring in 1989, Mr. Tompkins was active in conservation and environmentalism.

Douglas Tompkins, a wealthy U.S. businessman and environmental activist who bought up large swaths of land in South America's Patagonia region with the aim to keep them pristine, has died. He was 72.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Douglas Tompkins, the US co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies, has died from severe hypothermia in a kayaking accident in Chile, authorities say. The 72 ...

It looks like business as usual at the Esprit clothing store on Walnut near 18th. Winter fashions are displayed in the storefront windows. But amid a 98-percent drop in profits in the last fiscal ...

He also founded, with his wife, the Esprit clothing company. An active outdoorsman, besides buying up land to preserve it, Tompkins also sometimes got involved in local environmental issues in ...

Doug Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing lines, died Tuesday after a kayaking incident in Patagonia, Chile. He was 72. Tompkins appeared to have been with several other m… ...

Clothing brand Esprit is opening its first physical U.S. retail store since 2012 with a pop-up shop in Los Angeles. Located in a 2,500-square-foot space at 156 S. Robertson Blvd., ...

Douglas Tompkins made millions with his famous clothing brands, Esprit and The North Face. But he never let entrepreneurship derail his true calling, as an outdoorsman and conservationist.

The last Esprit Quilt showings sold out, so there will be two presentations Saturday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at LancasterHistory, 230 N. President Ave. Tickets are $15 for non-members.

The Aysten health service said the 72-year-old Tompkins, who was a co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies, was boating with five other foreigners when their kayaks capsized in ...

NEW YORK (December 9, 2015) — Doug Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing lines, died Tuesday while kayaking in Patagonia, Chile. He was 72. Tompkins was an avid conse… ...