variety.com
Tony Hsieh
New York
state Connecticut
county Bay
reports
Tony Hsieh
New York
state Connecticut
county Bay
Tony Hsieh, Former Zappos CEO, Dies at 46
Reading now: 680
variety.com
variety.comNatalie Oganesyan editorLongtime technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist and former CEO of Zappos Tony Hsieh died as a result of injuries sustained in a house fire Nov.
18 while visiting family in Connecticut, the New York Times reported. He was 46.Growing up in the Bay Area, he catapulted his career at 24 through his first company sale to Microsoft for $265 million.
Afterward, he invested in a retail shoe start-up that would become Zappos, then known as ShoeSite.com, quickly taking over as chief executive and focusing his efforts on digitizing the brand.
Read more on variety.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.