Zappos

Overview

• Industryretail¹
• HeadquartersLas Vegas¹
• Founded inSan Francisco¹
• Websitewww.zappos.com
• Legal formDelaware corporation, limited liability company¹
• Business address1000 Van Ness, Suite 213, San Francisco, Ca 94109⁵

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Zappos.com is an American online shoe and clothing retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The company was founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn and launched under the domain name Shoesite.com. In July 2009, Amazon acquired Zappos in an all-stock deal worth around $1.2 billion at the time. Amazon purchased all of the outstanding shares and warrants from Zappos for 10 million shares of Amazon's common stock and provided $40 million in cash and restricted stock for Zappos employees.³

The story

Founded by Nick Swinmurn in 1999, in San Francisco.¹

Leadership

Who has led Zappos, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderNick Swinmurn¹
• Chief executive officerTony Hsieh 1999 to Aug 24, 2020¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• Amazon since Nov 2, 2009

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1. Nov 2, 2009Acquired Acquired by Amazon¹
2. 1999Founded Founded in San Francisco¹
3. 1999New chief executive Tony Hsieh becomes CEO¹

Links

• Websitewww.zappos.com¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/Zappos¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/zappos¹
• Instagramwww.instagram.com/zappos¹
• YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCZCt_I3JkthPMGxYIA0uwQg¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/zappos.com¹
• WikipediaZappos
• WikidataQ147505
• SEC EDGARCIK 1170350