Shenard family has a strong aversion to excessive material wealth. Yvonne still sort of wears pretty raggedy old clothes, doesn't have a computer or a cell phone and drives a beat up old Subaru. Fletcher Chinnard: My grandpa gave my inheritance to Greenpeace.
The billionaire founder of Patagonia is giving away his company to fight climate change. He’s also getting a giant tax break.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.
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