Dirtbag Billionaire by David Gelles

​🧗‍♂️ Can an anti-corporate climber teach capitalism to clean up its act?

​In Dirtbag Billionaire, New York Times reporter David Gelles tells the inside story of Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard—a dirt-bag climber who turned a backyard piton hustle into a $1-billion brand, then shocked the business world by giving the company away to fight climate change. Drawing on exclusive access to Chouinard and the Patagonia team, Gelles explores the paradoxes of doing well and doing good, the 2022 hand-off to the Patagonia Purpose Trust, and the ripple effect on corporate sustainability.

​☕ 1:30–1:45 PM — Settle in, grab a drink

​📖 1:45–4:00 PM — Moderated group discussion

​We’ll dig into:

• ​Founder contradictions—minimalist climber vs. billionaire CEO (The Washington Post)

• ​“1% for the Planet” & the 2022 give-away—visionary or virtue signal? )TIME)

• ​Can Patagonia’s playbook scale?

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