Download Tony Hsieh Desk Background. A lawyer for hsieh told reporters he had died from injuries he sustained in a house fire. Tony hsieh, the former ceo of online shoe retailer zappos.com, has died.
Tributes have been paid to the retired ceo who was known as a. Hsieh recently retired from zappos after 20 years leading the company. But he didn't make his mark until he built zappos — a customer service company that happens to sell shoes. now zappos is worth.
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Since then, he's helped boost sales to over $1 billion a year and played a significant role in amazon's acquisition of the. Tony hsieh, the former ceo of zappos, died peacefully and surrounded by family on friday, according to a statement emailed to cnn by megan fazio, a spokesperson for dtp companies. As ceo tony hsieh once famously said, zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes. and employees are satisfied with their job not only because they can express themselves. As hsieh surveyed his possessions, he couldn't think of a single item he cared about enough to single out.