Tony Hsieh belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Tony Hsieh as American businessman (1973–2020).
Tony Hsieh was born at Urbana in 1973. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
He worked as entrepreneur, businessperson and computer scientist.
His affiliations include Lucasfilm Games and Oracle Corporation.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are entrepreneurship and investment.
That the work was done from the United States matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Tony Hsieh died in 2020, aged 47. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Affiliated with Lucasfilm Games and Oracle Corporation
- Educated at Harvard University, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and The Branson School
- Worked as entrepreneur, businessperson and computer scientist
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