# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-hsieh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:29:07.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-hsieh"
name: "Tony Hsieh"
slug: "tony-hsieh"
description: "Anthony Hsieh was an American Internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He retired as the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company Zappos in August 2020 after 21 years. Prior to joining Zappos, Hsieh co-founded the Internet advertising network LinkExchange, which he sold to Microsoft in 1998 for $265 million."
tagline: "American businessman (1973–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_hsieh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1973-12-12"
deathDate: "2020-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.68
  momentum:             13.90984360625575
  historical:           15.52609866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/downtowntony/"
    handle:    "downtowntony"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Tony%20Hsieh"
    handle:    "Tony Hsieh"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2117335/"
    handle:    "nm2117335"
sources:
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    title: "謝家華"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تونى هساى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toni Şey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hsieh"
    title: "Tony Hsieh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hsieh"
    title: "Tony Hsieh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hsieh"
    title: "Tony Hsieh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tony Hsieh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hsieh"
    title: "Tony Hsieh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тони Шей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "토니 셰이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Tony Hsieh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump