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Old Posted May 12, 2012, 6:56 AM
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Working Lives Vancouver: Billionaire

BBC was in Vancouver the last while doing a series on people working in vancouver - they followed around a police officer, a props designer, a salmon farmer, a ship builder and lululemon billionaire...

anyway you can watch the series/specials online here

Working Lives Vancouver: Billionaire

Chip Wilson is not good at yoga - which is surprising for a man who became a billionaire by starting the successful yoga clothing company, Lululemon.

"I think people have this aura that I'm actually good at yoga and no I'm not," he says, adding: "It's maybe not my position to be good at yoga… but to figure out what the right clothing is for yoga." He is thought to be worth some $2.9bn (£1.8bn).

Athletic, with the ropey muscles and weathered skin of an outdoorsman, he takes most of his business meetings while hiking up Grouse Grind - a local mountain path that the locals call 'Mother Nature's Stairmaster'. He says if someone can't keep up, it's usually a sign they're not a good fit for his business.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-18004713
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Who cares about Chip Wilson's wealth when we have the Real Housewives of Vancouver!











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its on BBC channel 36 with shaw) right now 12:46 am saturday...

repeats sunday at 5:30 am and 10:30 am
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