Tony Hussey, a 46-year-old tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist, died Friday. He was 46 years old.
According to Megan Fazio, a spokeswoman for the Downtown Project in Las Vegas, Mr. Hussein was overseeing the cause, according to Megan Fazio, a spokeswoman for the Downtown Project in Las Vegas.
Mr. Hsih (pronounced She) was apparently visiting the family at the time. His death was confirmed by Zappos in a statement from the company’s chief executive Kedar Deshpande. Further details were not immediately available.
Mr Hussein left the company as chief executive in August after 21 years with the company, which began selling shoes online in 1999.
In 1998, Mr. Sreesanth became an adventure capitalist by selling his first company, LinkExchange, an advertising online advertising network, to MicroSt. He quickly took over as CEO and focused on his efforts to build a company into an internet giant. (The name was changed to Zeppos.com, the Spanish word for “Zapatoz,” the adaptation, according to the company’s website.)
In the new era of internet commerce, Shreesiah was a dreamer who realized that making customers feel comfortable and safe by shopping online is the key to success and growth.
To do that, call center staff had to engage customers with an honest-voice-welcoming banter, as if talking to an old friend.
Mr. Sisi surprised the Silicon Valley world by moving the company from San Francisco to a suburb of Las Vegas, where he created a culture of “entertainment and a little weirdness” that led to celestial growth.
From 6 1.6 million in sales in 2000, Zappos surpassed 1 1 billion in revenue by 2009. In July 2009, Mr. Hussein sold to Amazon for 2 1.2 billion.
Mr. Hussey, a soft-spoken and introspective executive, developed a business philosophy built around the idea that happy employees are the foundation of satisfied customers who kept coming back.
An avid reader, he wrote a best-selling book, Delivering Happiness, in 2010, describing his vision of customer service.
During his tenure at Zappos, Mr. Hussey initiated the Downtown Project, which aimed to revive the once neglected downtown section of Las Vegas and turn it into a vibrant area where Zappos employees would live. Attempts were made to go beyond the original concept of Sri Sri Sri and attracted thousands of technol workers and entrepreneurs in the field.
“Tony Hussey was instrumental in transforming downtown Las Vegas,” Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak wrote on Twitter.
Christina Moralez contributed to the reporting.
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