Fashion career profile
Susie Tompkins Buell
Susie Tompkins Buell co-founded The North Face in San Francisco in 1966 with Douglas Tompkins. The original business began as a climbing and backpacking shop before developing into an outdoor equipment and apparel brand with a much broader global footprint. Her record is historical and founder-specific: it is not treated as a current creative or operating appointment at The North Face or VF Corporation. The directory links Tompkins Buell to the company’s origin while separating its early outdoor-retail context from its later corporate ownership, product expansion and group-level financial reporting.
- Role
- Co-Founder
- Nationality
- American
- Age
- Not available
- Career appointments
- 1
- Fashion houses
- 1
- 1966-1968 — Co-Founder — The North FacePast appointment · The North Face