Tag: environmentalism

  • North Face Co-Founder Bought 2.2m Acres Just to Protect It

    North Face Co-Founder Bought 2.2m Acres Just to Protect It

    Most billionaires leave their mark in concrete and steel towers bearing their names, resorts cut into mountaintops, skylines altered in their image. Doug Tompkins left his mark in wind and water. He spent his fortune not on building, but on keeping things exactly as they were buying 2.2 million acres of wilderness simply so no…