Chip Gaines

Chip Gaines is both coowner and cofounder of Magnolia and was costar of HGTVs Fixer Upper with his wife Joanna Born in Albuquerque New Mexico and raised in Dallas Chip graduated from Baylor Universitys Hankamer School of Business with a Marketing degree An entrepreneur by nature Chip has started more successful small businesses than you could count on both hands including Green and Gold Wash and Fold a local Waco laundry service geared toward college students a fireworks stand and multiple landscaping companies If youve thought about it Chips probably tried it Having grown up spending time on his granddads ranch in North Texas Chip is a true cowboy at heart made for hard labor and preferring digging ditches to academic pursuits His design preference is whatever Joanna likes and he can be counted on to come up with a creative solution that saves the day and helps make the impossible possible Chip loves life with his five kiddos and is headoverheels for Joanna