Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, the reluctant businessman
New York (AFP) - Yvon Chouinard built an empire with his outdoor gear brand Patagonia, but the nature enthusiast has never done business like anyone else. And now, aged 83, he's just taken his most drastic step: he has decided to give away the company to fight climate change. It's an unusual move in the United States, a thoroughly capitalist society, but it's completely on brand for the California resident. "I've been a businessman for almost sixty years," Chouinard wrote in a book in 2006. "It's as difficult for me to say those words as it is for someone to admit being an alcoholic or a lawye...