Chet Pipkin
Co-Founder of Desolation Hotel
A little bit about Chet…
Chet Pipkin is a respected veteran in the technology and consumer electronics markets, having founded and grown Belkin to a billion-dollar global industry leader. His focus is on creating exceptional experiences for people and helping to repair the earth, leveraging technology. He’s an active inventor, investor, board member, advisor, coach, and mentor to a wide range of technology and sustainable startups.
Chet’s most recent work has been in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin, supporting the community, local businesses, education, environmental stewards and the fragile, beautiful environment. Chet has and continues to partner with, volunteer for, and fund schools, nonprofits, government agencies, and community organizations.
Chet’s passion is assisting, supporting, and developing people. While his nonprofit and philanthropic leadership covers a broad range of worthwhile work, his primary focus is on underserved youth, education, and the environment. He is an accomplished leader in education, cofounding several schools serving society’s most underrepresented and deserving youth with the most effective and approachable innovations in education. Rise High School was founded specifically to address the unique needs of unhoused, fostered and transitory youth that traditional education has often left behind.
A primary objective of Chet’s work is imagining and creating special experiences for people, whether that’s through technology, education, sustainability, co-working, or his new boutique hotel. At Desolation Hotel, guests enter a sanctuary of relaxed comfort, luxurious amenities, wilderness inspired surroundings, and inviting indulgence in various sauna, soaking, and relaxing activities. Adventures are a moment away on the hotel’s bicycles, short walk to the shared private beach, ski resort, hikes, world class concerts and more. Maggie’s, the on-site restaurant and bar, provides tantalizing dining experiences. The warm and welcoming staff are experts in their own passions, and love to share their insider’s knowledge and experiences to curate special moments for every guest. In addition to the property’s physical sustainability in architecture, design and resource management, guests make a sustainable contribution just by staying at Desolation Hotel, including a new tree planted in the Tahoe basin for every night spent at the hotel.
How to connect with Chet and Desolation Hotel…
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Chet’s LinkedIn Page
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