About

The Team

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  Chip Wilson

  Co-Founder

  Chip Wilson is a serial entrepreneur and dedicated husband and father. His vision is to create possibilities for people to live longer, healthier, and more fun lives, and to elevate the world from mediocrity to greatness.

  Chip and his wife Summer founded the Wilson 5 Foundation with a focus on land conservation, public parks and public art to promote movement. On a global scale Chip and Summer created imagine1day in 2007, with the goal of providing all Ethiopians with quality education, free of foreign aid by 2030. Locally, the Wilson’s launched the Wilson School of Technical Design at Kwantlen University to support the growing demand of highly skilled technical apparel designers and to enhance Vancouver’s technical design industry.

  His career in the apparel industry began in 1979 as Founder and CEO of Westbeach Snowboarding Ltd., one of the first surf, skate, and snowboard apparel companies in North America. After selling Westbeach in 1997, he founded lululemon athletica in 1998, creating a new category of technical apparel—an industry projected to reach $500 billion globally by 2030. In 2024, Chip bought back Westbeach.

  In 2019, he partnered with Anta Sports and Tencent to privatize Amer Sports, a performance-driven house of brands including Arc’teryx, Salomon, Atomic, and Wilson Sporting Goods. Amer returned to the public markets in 2024.

  Through House of Wilson, Chip focuses on technical apparel, real estate, brand building, and long-term investments. Chip is steadfast in his pursuit to cure Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy and funded SOLVE FSHD with $100 million to find a cure for FSHD by 2027.

  In March 2025, Chip released lululemon and the Future of Technical Apparel, a bestselling book now on the New York Times and USA Today lists, sharing the genesis and untold story behind building a movement-led brand that spurred an entirely new industry.

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  Summer Wilson

  Co-Founder

  Summer (AKA Shannon) is a technical designer, an athlete, a philanthropist and a mom to five boys.

  Summer and her husband Chip founded the Wilson 5 Foundation which supports and array of philanthropic objectives that serve the local and global community.

  To add beauty and community in the city of Vancouver, Summer and her husband have partnered with artists to create permanent public homes for art and sculpture.

  To support her love of education, Summer co-founded imagine1day in 2007, with the goal on ensuring that all Ethiopians have access to quality education free of foreign aid by 2030.

  To give back to the apparel industry, and to support the growing demand of highly skilled technical designers by Vancouver-based athletic and technical design companies, Summer and Chip endowed the Wilson School of Technical Design at Kwantlen University in Richmond, BC.

  Summer built the foundation for design at lululemon athletica, a company she helped build alongside her husband, Chip. Summer’s iconic designs included the Groove Pant and the Logo Hoodie. Summer, continues to contribute creatively to the various athletic companies that she and her husband are partners in.

  Summer started Ride Cycle Club, with other partners. Ride is a Canadian based in door spin studio with six locations.

  In 2024, Summer launched her inaugural art collection, Organic Formulas. Blending the meticulous structure of finance with the untamed beauty of West Coast landscapes, the collection debuted in an exhibition in Vancouver.

  Summer enjoys being around driven, passionate entrepreneurs. She happily gives her time to a few different boards and offers advice to the talented product designers and retailers looking to make an impact in the world.

  Summer’s intention for the future is to continue to develop, innovate and expand the multiple projects and pillars within House of Wilson.