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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.
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 ...
The Connecticut home where a massive fire led to the death of former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh last month was a recent gift to his rumored girlfriend and longtime business associate, who also happens ...
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 ...
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.
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]
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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.