The first half of this book is much better than the second half.Ĭhip Wilson is a maverick, eccentric founder, with a murky reputation to match. I would love to see this story written from an objective perspective rather than the skewed view of a bratty ousted CEO who takes no responsibility for his own decisions or whimsical behavior. It’s clear Chip wants to do things his way or not at all, and then theorize on how Lululemon would be billions of dollars more successful if they just listened to him. He conveniently leaves out anything that portrays him in a bad light, however still managed to come across as a bratty child who was mistreated and stifled by the board of directors when he wanted to spend frivolous amounts of money for things like meditation training. He briefly touches on the interview where he said Lululemon’s clothes aren’t for everyone, effectively fat shaming any woman over 150 pounds, and tries to make it seem as if it was simply media spin. He boasts that he’s always thinking 5 years in the future because he’s such a visionary, yet is obsessed with the past five years of performance at Lululemon. Chip seems to think he’s perfect and if not for the board members and CEO he was part of the selection for Lululemon would be owning the 30 something Super Girls of the world (as long as they are a size 12 and under). He talks about accepting responsibility for your mistakes, yet blames everyone else for his own.
This book started out interesting but the author quickly became obnoxious with his pompous attitude and contradictory life views. I am surprised to not see more low star reviews.
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