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Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley Audiobook by Angel Au-Yeung
Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free
ID: 584478
Title: Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley
Author: Angel Au-Yeung, David Jeans
Narrator: Kurt Kanazawa
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:58:00
Language: English
Release date: 04-25-23
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Genres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, Business Development
Summary:
'Kurt Kanazawa presents this absorbing story of the initial success and later downward spiral of Tony Hsieh, tech founder and former CEO of Zappos. Kanazawa's youthful tone and vocal energy connect with Hsieh's wealth and celebrity status without glossing over his descent into drugs, alcohol, and mental health problems.'-- AudioFile
Wonder Boy is a riveting investigation into the turbulent life of Zappos visionary Tony Hsieh, whose radical business strategies revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture, based on rigorous research and reporting by two seasoned journalists.
Tony Hsiehs first successful venture was in middle school, selling personalized buttons. At Harvard, he made a profit compiling and selling study guides. In 1998, Hsieh sold his first company to Microsoft for $265 million. About a decade later, he sold online shoe empire Zappos to Amazon for $1.2 billion.
The secret to his success? Making his employees happy.
At its peak, Zapposs employee-friendly culture was so famous across the tech industry that it became one of the hardest companies to get hired at, and CEOs from other companies regularly toured the headquarters. But Hsiehs vision for change didnt stop with corporate culture: Hsieh went on to move Zappos headquarters to Las Vegas and personally funded a nine-figure campaign to revitalize the citys historic downtown area. There, he could be found living in an Airstream and chatting up the locals. But Hsiehs forays into community-revival projects spun out of control as his issues with mental health and addiction ramped up, creating the opportunity for more enablers than friends to stand in his mercurial good graces.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with a wide range of people whose lives Hsieh touched, journalists Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans craft a rich portrait of a man who was plagued by the pressure to succeed but who never lost his generous spirit.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.
Contact: [email protected]
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ID: 584478
Title: Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley
Author: Angel Au-Yeung, David Jeans
Narrator: Kurt Kanazawa
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:58:00
Language: English
Release date: 04-25-23
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Genres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, Business Development
Summary:
'Kurt Kanazawa presents this absorbing story of the initial success and later downward spiral of Tony Hsieh, tech founder and former CEO of Zappos. Kanazawa's youthful tone and vocal energy connect with Hsieh's wealth and celebrity status without glossing over his descent into drugs, alcohol, and mental health problems.'-- AudioFile
Wonder Boy is a riveting investigation into the turbulent life of Zappos visionary Tony Hsieh, whose radical business strategies revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture, based on rigorous research and reporting by two seasoned journalists.
Tony Hsiehs first successful venture was in middle school, selling personalized buttons. At Harvard, he made a profit compiling and selling study guides. In 1998, Hsieh sold his first company to Microsoft for $265 million. About a decade later, he sold online shoe empire Zappos to Amazon for $1.2 billion.
The secret to his success? Making his employees happy.
At its peak, Zapposs employee-friendly culture was so famous across the tech industry that it became one of the hardest companies to get hired at, and CEOs from other companies regularly toured the headquarters. But Hsiehs vision for change didnt stop with corporate culture: Hsieh went on to move Zappos headquarters to Las Vegas and personally funded a nine-figure campaign to revitalize the citys historic downtown area. There, he could be found living in an Airstream and chatting up the locals. But Hsiehs forays into community-revival projects spun out of control as his issues with mental health and addiction ramped up, creating the opportunity for more enablers than friends to stand in his mercurial good graces.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with a wide range of people whose lives Hsieh touched, journalists Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans craft a rich portrait of a man who was plagued by the pressure to succeed but who never lost his generous spirit.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.
Contact: [email protected]