Photo: Charlie Llewellin from Austin, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Tony Hsieh moves me because he treated company culture and human happiness as the actual core of business, not a slogan. Selling LinkExchange to Microsoft for 265 million dollars and then building Zappos into a beloved retailer would be enough for most, but he kept asking what work should mean. A Harvard-educated Sagittarius, he chased purpose over pure profit, and his early death in 2020 at forty-seven still feels like a real loss. I think his philosophy of leading with values rather than numbers will keep being studied and quoted for a long time, and rightly so.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tony Hsieh
- Name (Japanese)
- トニー・シェイ
- Reading
- とにー・しぇい
- Born
- December 12, 1973 – November 27, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Ox
- Origin
- Urbana, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / businessperson / computer scientist / manager
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Harvard University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Tony Hsieh born?
December 12, 1973 – November 27, 2020.
Where is Tony Hsieh from?
Tony Hsieh is from Urbana, Illinois, United States.
What does Tony Hsieh do?
Tony Hsieh works as entrepreneur, businessperson, computer scientist, manager.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-18
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.