The company started back in the 1930s, going from a small family-run business to a multi-billion dollar public company. But the in-between years were the toughest.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Years before Columbia Sportswear started selling outdoor gear and was a multi-billion dollar business, it started as a much smaller company.
“We’ve been very, very fortunate. We’ve had lots of great help,” said Columbia Sportswear CEO and President Tim Boyle.
His family started the business well before he was born and it didn’t even start out as the same Columbia Sportswear its customers know today. When you think of Columbia, Gert Boyle’s ‘One Tough Mother’
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