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Anthony Hsieh (Chinese: 謝家華; / ʃ eɪ / SHAY; [1] December 12, 1973 – November 27, 2020) [2] [3] [4] was an American internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He retired as the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company Zappos in August 2020 after 21 years.
Zappos former CEO Tony Hsieh. Zappos was founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn. [5] Swinmurn launched the company with Tony Hsieh and Alfred Lin, [7] who invested $2 million through their investment firm Venture Frogs. [8] The company was officially launched online in 1999 as ShoeSite.com. [9]
Tony Hsieh (謝家華) – co-founder of LinkExchange, later CEO of Zappos online shoe store; Jameson Hsu – co-founder and CEO of Mochi Media; Justin Kan – co-founder Twitch; Kai-Fu Lee – founding president of Google China; Ellen Pao – Reddit's CEO from 2014 to 2015, filed gender and race discrimination lawsuit against Perkins and lost
In 2009, Hsieh began writing Delivering Happiness over Labor Day in Lake Tahoe. [1] He wrote most of the book stream of consciousness, often completing 3,000-word chunks a day that he would send to his editor in New York City. [2] While writing the book, Hsieh was still acting CEO of Zappos as well as a corporate speaker.
It was founded in March 1996 by 23-year-old Harvard graduates Tony Hsieh (who later went on to invest in and become the CEO of Zappos) and Sanjay Madan. [1] Ali Partovi later joined them as a third partner in August 1996. [2] Alfred Lin dropped out of his Stanford PhD program to join as CFO. [3]
Ming Hsieh, billionaire and philanthropist founder of Cogent Systems acquired by 3M; Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist; Jen-Hsun Huang, billionaire co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA; Robert T. Huang, founder of Synnex; Shelly Hwang, co-founder of Pinkberry; Kai Huang, co-founder and CEO of Guitar Hero and RedOctane
The Downtown Container Park was conceived by Tony Hsieh and his Downtown Project, a group dedicated to revitalizing downtown Las Vegas. [2] [3] [4] The Container Park project was announced in May 2012, and would include shops, restaurants, and bars built into shipping containers.
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, online shoe store; Jameson Hsu, co-founder and CEO of Mochi Media; Jensen Huang, CEO and co-founder of Nvidia; Robert T. Huang, founder of SYNNEX; Min H. Kao, co-founder of Garmin, billionaire; Kai-Fu Lee, President of Google China; Alfred Lin, venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital