President and Chief Executive Officer
Columbia Sportswear Company
Tim Boyle has served as president and chief executive officer of Columbia Sportswear Company since 1989 and oversees operations of the active outdoor company from its Portland, Oregon headquarters.
Tim’s career with Columbia Sportswear began in 1970 when, during his senior year at The University of Oregon, his father, who had been running the company since 1964, died suddenly of a heart attack. Tim’s mother, Gert Boyle, quickly enlisted Tim’s help in order to continue the aggressive expansion that her husband had initiated and that had expanded the company’s sales that year to $1 million.
After struggling for two years to regain momentum, the company began to grow. By 1997, sales had grown to more than $350 million and the company went public in March 1998. Today global sales are approximately $1.3 billion.
An alumnus of Portland, Oregon’s Jesuit High School (1967) and the University of Oregon (1971, B.S. Journalism), Tim provides business guidance as a board member of Craft Brewers Alliance Inc., and Northwest Natural Gas Co. He is also a board member of Oregon Trout and serves as a trustee of Reed College, Youth Outdoor Legacy Fund, and Boy’s and Girl’s Club of America.