Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson
What a Creep
Margo Donohue
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Season 29, Episode 7
Former CEO & Founder of Lululemon
Chip Wilson, the founder and former CEO of Lululemon Athletica, has been involved in several controversies over the years, primarily due to his public statements and views on body image, diversity, and labor practices. His issues range from concerns about body image and product quality to his opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Additionally, he has faced criticism for purchasing large areas of the Vancouver region, which led to increased rents and the displacement of artists and small businesses. The company's name also has origins that some consider to be racist. While his actions and statements have many troubling aspects, it’s essential to acknowledge that he is Canadian, which implies a certain level of decency.
He has also been a benefactor for his homeland, so he isn't 100% total Creep—there might be some opportunity for growth!
Wilson was diagnosed with a subtype of muscular dystrophy called facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy at age 32. He has donated 100 million Canadian dollars towards research
Sources for this episode:
Lululemon and the Future of Technical Apparel by Chip Wilson (2024)
ABC News
CBC
CBC
BNN Bloomberg
Business Insider
Financial Post
Global News
People
Scripps News
TODAY show
The Independent
The Street
The Chronicle
Vancouver Sun
Vancouver is Awesome
Wikipedia
Trigger warning: Racism and fat-shaming.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to What a Creep, the show with Margotonio and Sonia Mansfield, talking about creeps from the past to the present. |
| 0:08.4 | This is your quick guide to the biggest creeps, jerks, assholes, and losers, the best of the worst. |
| 0:14.6 | From two nice ladies who want the world to be a little less creepy. |
| 0:28.4 | Welcome back to What a Creep. |
| 0:33.0 | This is Margo Donahue, and my cohort in Creepitude, as always, is the amazing Sonia Mansfield. |
| 0:33.9 | Hey, Sonia. |
| 0:35.5 | Hi, my friend. |
| 0:36.2 | Hi, my friend. |
| 0:39.1 | It's a four-day weekend type situation here in the state. |
| 0:41.4 | So we're feeling a little loopy. |
| 0:44.7 | But we are the podcast that talks about creeps from the past to the present. |
| 0:47.0 | We have a present-day creep, a Canadian creep. |
| 0:48.2 | Not very often. |
| 0:51.7 | We have some from Canadian land on our list. Yeah. |
| 0:52.0 | But we do have that today. If this is your first time listening, I just want to let you know, we always end the show with somebody or something that is not a creep. |
| 1:00.0 | So you feel a little bit more elevated at the end of the show. |
| 1:03.7 | It's funny. |
| 1:04.2 | I said elevated because this guy talks about erections in a second. |
| 1:07.3 | I don't remember. |
| 1:07.9 | Oh, boy. |
| 1:08.5 | Let me forget to mention that. |
| 1:11.7 | Never forget. |
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