The secret to his success? Making his employees happy.Īt its peak, Zappos’s employee-friendly culture was so famous across the tech industry that it inspired copycats and earned a cult following. From there, he went on to build the billion-dollar online shoe empire of Zappos. At Harvard, he made a profit compiling and selling study guides. Tony Hsieh’s first successful venture was in middle school, selling personalized buttons. He was also a man in search of happiness.
Tony Hsieh revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture. In 2009, at the age of 35, he sold his e-commerce company, Zappos, to Amazon for $1.2 billion.
In 1998, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh sold his first company to Microsoft for $265 million.
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