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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.
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.
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]
There, CEO Tony Hsieh sits at a desk that is the same size and model as the ones given to new employees at the company's call center, Business 2 Community reports.
Tony Hsieh, the former head of Zappos who catapulted the shoe company into the big leagues with a sale to Amazon and then used the proceeds of his success in a huge project kickstarting ...
Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com who spent years working to transform the city's downtown area, has died. Hsieh was with family when he died Friday ...
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In November 1996, when the company consisted of about 10 people, it moved from Hsieh's and Madan's living room to an office [4] in San Francisco. In May 1997, the company received US$3 million in funding from Sequoia Capital. [5] In June 1998, LinkExchange acquired MerchantPlanet, an early shopping cart and credit card application. [6]