remembered that not long after coming to the United States, he inadvertently saw a report on the Internet about a young Asian CEO's successful start-up. In the article, the young man was holding a lot of shoes and smiling brightly.
He is the Chinese CEO of Zappos.com, a well-known American footwear e-commerce website, Xie Jiahua (Tony Hsieh) .
In 2009, Amazon acquired Zappos with 12 billion USD , Xie Jiahua's net worth increased to 840 million USD. At the beginning of 2020, 46-year-old Xie Jiahua successfully retired. is at a good age, and the free life he wants has just begun. . . Suddenly, unfortunate news came from
was suddenly killed by fire
On November 18, Xie Jiahua gathered with his brother and friends in a waterside mansion in Connecticut, USA. For some reason, a fire broke out in the house just after three in the morning. Although Xie Jiahua escaped the flames, he was seriously injured.
On November 27, , the second day of Thanksgiving, news came from various American media that passed away in the company of his family.
is on the occasion of the Black Friday business promotion, Zappos website replaced the promotion homepage to commemorate Xie Jiahua!
Ivanka Trump, who once worked with Zappos, also expressed his condolences to his friend Xie Jiahua on Twitter today:
"... to pay homage to my good friend Tony Hsieh. He is a true thinker and often reminds me to step out of my comfort zone. Follow my heart. He has been delivering happiness and positive energy from beginning to end..."
Xie Jiahua’s lawyers and public relations managers did not disclose further details of the fire, but many blog sites and self-media that pay attention to technology entrepreneurs have checked. The fire house announced on the official Twitter of the fire brigade: 500 pequot ave, New London, Connecticut.
Fire house picture
Fire house picture
Fire house picture
Fire house picture
This house was sold to a person named Rachael Brown who was just named Rachael in August of this year and thanked the people named Chachael. He is an early employee of Zappos:
It seems that this is a gathering between Xie Jiahua and old employees and old friends, but this association has not yet been verified by the police.
How did the house catch fire ?
How did he get trapped ?
looks forward to more details to be announced later.
20 years of struggle to change from life
Xie Jiahua’s parents are Taiwanese immigrants, he was born in Illinois, USA in 1973.
, like children from most Chinese families, Xie Jiahua had excellent grades since he was a child, and was successfully admitted to the Department of Computer Science of Harvard University. received his diploma at the age of 19.
Since the age of 21, Xie Jiahua has tried various entrepreneurial business projects. At the age of 24, he became an angel investor. In 1999, he angel invested in the predecessor of Zappos, ShoeSite, and participated in the early operation of the project. In 1999, he officially became the CEO of ShoeSite and later changed his name to Zappos.
Zappos led by Xie Jiahua advocates "Let customers put all their worries down and buy shoes" . Zappos's extremely loose return and exchange promises have greatly improved its user stickiness. Users are not satisfied with the shoes they bought, and they can even return to for free. From 2001 to 2003, Zappos' sales increased from US$8 million to US$70 million, and achieved a nearly 10-fold increase! After
, Xie Jiahua led the company through various ups and downs and grew rapidly, and finally sold it to Amazon in 2009 for a price of up to 1.2 billion US dollars.
The tireless Xie Jiahua has accompanied the company for 11 years until he retires in 2020 and can finally start his utopian free life.
CEO
Xie Jiahua, who lived in the trailer, died in a fire in a high-end residence. It was too dramatic. has always advocated a happy and simple life since he was not married and had children, and he does not pursue luxury houses or sports cars.
He was born near Silicon Valley, California, but in 2004 he moved the company to the casino city of Las Vegas in order to find "talents with more service spirit" for the website. Since then, he has tried to build a small Silicon Valley in the center of Las Vegas through investment and charity.
Xie Jiahua hopes that Las Vegas is not just the "gambling city of drunken gold fans" in the eyes of people all over the world. He wants to let the casino shine with technology.
In 2014, he transformed an abandoned parking lot in downtown Las Vegas into a utopian trailer living area, named Llamapolis Village. Young tech entrepreneurs and artists gather there to communicate and share a free and unrestrained lifestyle.
Llamapolis village in the sunset:
Xie Jiahua himself and his two alpaca pets, Marley and Triton, have lived in an Airstream trailer since 2014. In his words, is more willing to experience this kind of accident And casual life.
is said Hsieh of two cute alpacas to increase very utopian "rural flavor":
Hsieh inside the trailer:
Hsieh Instagram record: "one morning opened his eyes to see Marley"
village young friends this morning exercises:
At night, everyone can sing and sing freely in the hammock:
Xie Jiahua and his friends are in a crowded trailer. This is the way of life he loves, communicating and living with more people without boundaries.
Many friends recalled Xie Jiahua. In addition to admiring his business acumen, more people are impressed by his affinity for employees, his generosity, and the positive workplace culture he has always emphasized.
As early as 2010, Xie Jiahua said in his best-selling book "Delivering Happiness: The Road to Profit, Passion, and Goal":
"Money is not enough to bringhappy. Real happiness occurs when you are willing to lose everything you have. Your primary goal should not be money, but something you are passionate about and meaningful. In this book, I have shared many lessons I have learned, hoping that everyone can make the workplace more enjoyable and generate economic benefits. "
But who could have imagined that this freedom-seeking, simple entrepreneur was accidentally trapped by someone else’s mansion and lost his life. It is really a pity.
