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Gert Boyle, matriarch of Columbia Sportswear, dies at 95

06/11/2019
Gert Boyle, matriarch of Columbia Sportswear, dies at 95

Known affectionately as “Ma Boyle” and “One Tough Mother”, Gert Boyle (pictured), chairman and former president of Columbia Sportswear Company, has died at age 95.  Ms Boyle’s personal history is as striking as her success with building the Columbia brand. After fleeing Nazi Germany in 1937, Ms Boyle’s family settled in Portland, Oregon, where...

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