| Yvon Chouinard Born: 9-Nov-1938
Birthplace: Lewiston, ME
Gender: Male
Religion: Buddhist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Activist
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder, Patagonia Military service: US Army (1962-64) Father: Gerard Chouinard
Mother: Yvonne
Sister: Rachel Hopkins
Sister: Doris Blackey
Brother: Gerald Conrad Chouinard (b. 23-Sep-1923, d. 19-Jun-2008, heart failure)
Wife: Malinda Pennoyer (m. 1971)
Son: Fletcher
Daughter: Claire
High School: Burbank, CA
University: Valley Junior College, Valley Glen, CA
Patagonia Founder
1% for the Planet Board of Directors (emeritus)
1% for the Tetons Advisory Board
America Coming Together
Balanced Rock Board of Directors (emeritus)
Bill Bradley for President
Conservation International Board of Directors (emeritus)
Defense of Place Board of Directors
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Environmental Defense Center Advisory Board
League of Conservation Voters
Nader 2000
Restore Hetch Hetchy Advisory Committee
Save the Waves Coalition Advisory Board
Sierra Club
Southern California Falconry Club
Surfrider Foundation Founding Advisory Board Member
Endorsement of American Express 2010
Vagrancy Winslow, AZ (1962)
French-Canadian Ancestry
Author of books:
Climbing Ice (1978)
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (2005, memoir)
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