Tony Hsieh. Tony Hsieh (/ˈʃeɪ/ shay; born December 12, 1973[1]) is an American internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the CEO of the online shoe and clothing shop Zappos.com. Prior to joining Zappos, Hsieh co-founded and sold the internet advertising network LinkExchange to Microsoft in 1999 for $265 million.[3] Early life and education[edit] Both of his parents (Richard and Judy) came from Taiwan. In 1995, he graduated from Harvard University with a degree in computer science.[5] While at Harvard, he managed the Quincy House Grille selling pizza to the students in his dorm; his best customer, Alfred Lin, would later be Zappos’s CFO and COO.[6] After college, Hsieh worked for Oracle Corporation.[7] After five months, Hsieh found himself dissatisfied with the corporate environment and quit to found LinkExchange.
Career[edit] LinkExchange Venture Frogs Zappos JetSuite Hsieh joined JetSuite's board in 2011. Twitter Hsieh has long been an active Twitter user with a substantial following. Tony Hsieh Profile. Tony Hsieh - CEO. In 1999, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined us as an advisor and investor, and eventually became CEO, where he helped us grow from almost no sales to over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales annually, while simultaneously making Fortune magazines annual Best Companies to Work For list.
In November 2009, Zappos.com, Inc. was acquired by Amazon.com in a deal valued at $1.2 billion on the day of closing. His first book, "Delivering Happiness", was published on June 7th. You can win a free signed copy of the book or pre-order the book at www.deliveringhappinessbook.com Follow Tony Hsieh on Twitter Check Out Tony's Outfit! Go to About Zappos.com's Homepage Go to Shop Zappos.com. Zappos Blogs: CEO and COO Blog. The following email was sent to our employees today: Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010From: Tony Hsieh (CEO - Zappos.com)To: All Zappos EmployeesSubject: Amazon & Zappos, 1 Year Later Today is the 1 year anniversary of when we announced the marriage between Zappos and Amazon.
It's hard to believe it's already been a year! I thought it'd be interesting to read through the original email that I sent out a year ago (Read it HERE) and comment on it to see whether things happened as planned and promised. The original email is below, along with my comments ***[in brackets and asterisks]. Enjoy! ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009From: Tony Hsieh (CEO - Zappos.com)To: All Zappos EmployeesSubject: Zappos and Amazon Please set aside 20 minutes to carefully read this entire email. Today is a big day in Zappos history. Over the next few days, you will probably read headlines that say "Amazon acquires Zappos" or "Zappos sells to Amazon".
Q: Will I still have a job? Yes!