Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley

In 2009, at the age of 35, he sold his e-commerce company, Zappos, to Amazon for $1.2 billion.

In 2020, at the age of 46, he died.

Tony Hsieh revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture. He was a business visionary. He was also a man in search of happiness. So why did it all go so wrong?

Tony Hsieh’s first successful venture was in middle school, selling personalized buttons. At Harvard, he ...