Smoke inhalation complications cause of death for Tony Hsieh
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Death
The former CEO of shoe retailer Zappos - Tony Hsieh - has died, succumbing to injuries he sustained after a fire engulfed his Connecticut home on November 18.
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Life
Hsieh rose to prominence after he joined the shoe company in 1999, building it up and eventually selling to Amazon in 2009 for just over a billion dollars. He remained at the company till August this year.
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Visionary
He was also a motivational speaker and an author, but was most popular for pioneering a focus on company culture, switching to a style of governance called a Holacracy that initially caused friction at the workplace but eventually ended up being adopted.
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Pro-employee
Hailed as one of America’s most-pro-employee CEOs, Hsieh implemented a training program at Zappos that offered employees $2000 to quit at the end of training, to ensure that they weren’t just joining for the paycheque.