Tony Hsieh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tony Hsieh
Occupation	Business Executive
Date Of Birth	Dec 12, 1973(1973-12-12)
Age	51
Date Of Death	November 27, 2020, Connecticut
Birthplace	Illinois
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Tony Hsieh Biography

Tony Hsieh is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on December 12, 1973 in Illinois, Illinois, United States. Venture capitalist and entrepreneur who rose to fame as the CEO of Zappos.com. He sold LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265 million in 1999.

He won the Ernst & Whinney and Arthur M. Young & Co. Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in 2007.

1993 World Champions – ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
Harvard University Team – Tony Hsieh, Derrick Bass, Craig Silverstein

In 1995, he graduated from Harvard University with a degree in computer science. 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. After college, Hsieh worked for Oracle Corporation. After five months, Hsieh found himself dissatisfied with the corporate environment and quit to co-found LinkExchange with Sanjay Madan, a college friend and also an ex-Oracle employee.

His parents, Judy and Richard Hsieh, moved to San Francisco after having him in Illinois.

Tony Hsieh Net Worth

Tony Hsieh is one of the richest Business Executive from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tony Hsieh 's net worth $850 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He grew up in the San Francisco Bay area with his brothers, Dave and Andy.

He worked for Oracle Corporation for five months after graduating college, but grew tired of the corporate world.

Tony Hsieh (/ˈ ʃ eɪ / shay; (Chinese: 謝家華 ; born December 12, 1973) is an American Internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company Zappos. Prior to joining Zappos, Hsieh co- founded the Internet advertising network LinkExchange, which he sold to Microsoft in 1998 for $265 million.

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Who is Tony Hsieh Dating?

According to our records, Tony Hsieh is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Tony Hsieh’s is not dating anyone.

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On July 22, 2009, Amazon.com announced the acquisition of Zappos.com in a deal valued at approximately $1.2 billion. Hsieh is said to have made at least $214 million from the sale, not including money made through his former investment firm Venture Frogs.

Facts & Trivia

Tony Ranked on the list of most popular Business Executive. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tony Hsieh celebrates birthday on December 12 of every year.

Hsieh joined JetSuite’s board in 2011. He led a $7 million round of investment in the growing private “very light jet” concern. The investment allowed JetSuite to add two new Embraer Phenom 100 jets which have two pilots, two engines and safety features equivalent to large commercial passenger jets but weigh less than 10,000 pounds and are consequently highly fuel efficient.

Top Facts about Tony Hsieh

1. Tony Hsieh was the former CEO of Zappos.
2. He sold his first company, LinkExchange, for $265 million.
3. Hsieh’s net worth was estimated at $840 million.
4. He authored the book “Delivering Happiness.”
5. Hsieh died in a house fire in November 2020.
6. He invested in companies like Uber and Deliveroo.
7. Hsieh lived in an Airstream trailer park in Las Vegas.
8. Zappos was acquired by Amazon for $1.2 billion under his leadership.
9. Hsieh believed in creating a strong company culture.
10. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in computer science

What happened to Tony Hsieh?

Tony Hsieh, the visionary business leader and Zappos CEO, died in November from injuries sustained in a fire at a Connecticut home.

Who inherited Tony Hsieh?

Hsieh was a resident of Nevada, a community property state. That means a spouse would usually inherit his fortune, but Hsieh was unmarried. In Hsieh’s case, his parents and his two brothers are his next-of-kin.

What is Tony Hsieh worth?

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Did Tony Hsieh have a will?

Late Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who died at age 46 in 2020, reportedly did not leave a will for his $500 million fortune.