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Esprit founders Doug and Susie Tompkins redefine teenwear culture
Doug and Susie Tompkins steer Esprit from a San Francisco kitchen startup to a global lifestyle brand with 800 million in annual sales. They balance international expansion with a counterculture ethos, design control, and a famously hands-on approach to advertising and store concepts. The couple, often apart, run Esprit from Milan and Hong Kong while cultivating a distinct image centered on authenticity and nontraditional luxury. Their daughters Quincy and Summer stand to inherit Susie’s share as they push a modern, inclusive teen appeal.
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Martha Sherill Dailey
Washington Post
Ashington
Doug
Susie Tompkins
America
Forbes Magazine
Tompkinses
MTV
Esprit
Susie
San Francisco
Ralph Lauren
WASP
Nostalgia
Banana Republic
California
Benetton
the Tompkinses
Washington
Lombard Street
Russian Hill
Milan
Hong Kong
Quincey
Summer
Timberland