At a glance
- Founded
- 1973 in Ventura, California, where its first shop opened in an old Hobson meat-packing plant on Santa Clara Street.13
- Founded by
- Yvon Chouinard, a climber who had been selling hand-forged rock-climbing equipment since 1957 through Chouinard Equipment.3 He is now a board member rather than the owner.1
- Home
- Ventura, California, with offices in Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Seoul, Tokyo and Torquay.5
- Owned by
- The Patagonia Purpose Trust holds all the voting stock, two per cent of the total, and the non-profit Holdfast Collective holds the other 98 per cent as non-voting stock.1
- What it sells
- Outdoor clothing and equipment, plus food under Patagonia Provisions.3
- Size
- Sales of $1.47 billion in the financial year to 1 April 2025, 61 per cent of it in the United States.5
How it got here
1957
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Chouinard began selling hand-forged rock-climbing equipment through his own business, Chouinard Equipment.3
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Sources for what is above
- 1Patagonia's Next Chapter: Earth is Now Our Only ShareholderPatagonia Works · 14 September 2022 · patagoniaworks.com
- 3Patagonia, Inc.Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- 5EXEC: Patagonia Publishes Fiscal 2025 Sales Figures, Spot Checks Business Against Key GoalsSGB Executive · 14 November 2025 · sgbonline.com
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