{"id":15434,"date":"2013-08-02T09:17:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T09:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.pdt\/famous-phis\/kenneth-hap-klopp\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T18:05:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:05:39","slug":"kenneth-hap-klopp","status":"publish","type":"famous-phis","link":"https:\/\/phideltatheta.org\/news-stories\/famous-phis\/kenneth-hap-klopp\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth “Hap” Klopp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kenneth \u201cHap\u201d Klopp co\u2010founded The North Face, turning it into a global apparel business and a leading business in Corporate Social Responsibility.\u00a0\u00a0

He also became the executive chairman of Cocona, a nanoparticle company that makes fibers, fabrics, and laminates for active apparel companies, and Obscura Digital, a digital communications business. He describes himself as a serial entrepreneur, and has done teaching and writing on leadership, entrepreneurship, and social responsibility \u2014 including teaching as part of Ignite\u2019s Certificate.

A graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business, his passion is mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs. \u201cIt\u2019s very inspiring to be around young people,\u201d he says. \u201cOlder people don\u2019t have the optimistic curiosity of younger people. I get enthused by the can\u2010do attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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