Paul Van Doren, co-founder of the Vans brand, has died at age 90, the shoemaker's parent company said Friday. "Paul was not just an entrepreneur; he was an innovator," VF Corporation said in a ...

Paul Van Doren, cofounder of Vans, a shoe brand that became a multi-billion-dollar action-sports empire thanks to the SoCal skate community and a focus on custom kicks, died Thursday at 90. His death, ...

The sneakers became a hit in the skateboard world and later a multibillion-dollar nationwide sensation thanks in part to a Sean Penn movie. By Daniel E. Slotnik Paul Van Doren, a founder of Vans, the ...