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Acquired byAmazon
Price$1.2B
Date7/09
TermsStock

General Information

Websitezappos.com
Blogblogs.zappos.com/...
Twitter@zappos
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone1-800-927-7671
Email
Employees1,500
Founded1/99
DescriptionOnline footwear retailer

Offices

Headquarters
Warehouse
376 Zappos.com Blvd.
Shepherdsville, KY, 40165
USA

People

CEO
VP Merchandising
Officially titled: "No Title"
Senior Corporate Counsel
VP Fulfillment Operations
General Counsel
Web Security Expert

Former People

COO, CFO, and Chairman
Board Member
Community Architect
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Funding

Total$62.8M
Series A, 1/99
$150k
Series B, 3/00
Venture Frogs
Scott Banister
$1.1M
Angel, 1/01
Hadi Partovi
Ali Partovi
Series C, 5/02
Tony Hsieh
$7.5M
Series D, 10/04
Sequoia Capital
$20M
Series E, 6/05
$15M
Series E, 8/05
ZVest
$6M
Series E, 11/05
Sequoia Capital
$13M

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Zappos

Zappos is an online retailer specializing in shoes. In addition to shoes they sell handbags, clothing, eyewear, watches and accessories.

The company is currently based in Henderson, NV, with a warehouse in Shepherdsville, KY. In addition, Zappos has a small number of brick-and-mortar outlet stores.

The name Zappos is derived from the Spanish word zapatos, meaning shoes.

Milestones

  • Check
    Zappos added Faily Monster as Web Security Expert. (1/15/12)
    Posted 1/16/12 at 2:57pm
  • Check
    Zappos added Gerard Ramos as Web Producer. (2/1/07)
    Posted 12/8/11 at 4:26pm
  • Check
    Zappos added Brian Kalma as Director of User Experience. (4/14/03)
    Posted 8/17/11 at 7:55am
  • Check
    Zappos added Michael Moritz as Board Member.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 1:08pm
  • Check
    Zappos added Steven Gasser as General Counsel.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 12:58pm
  • Check
    Zappos added Millie Chou as Senior Corporate Counsel.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 12:58pm
  • Check
    Zappos added Craig Adkins as VP Fulfillment Operations.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 12:57pm
  • Check
    Zappos added Steven Hill as VP Merchandising.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 12:55pm
  • Check
    Zappos added Fred Mossler as Officially titled: "No Title".
    Posted 11/8/08 at 1:24am
  • Check
    Zappos added Alfred Lin as COO, CFO, and Chairman.
    Posted 11/8/08 at 1:24am
  • Check
    Zappos added Tony Hsieh as CEO.
    Posted 8/25/08 at 1:13pm
  • Dollar
    Zappos received in Angel funding. (1/1/01)
    Posted 9/21/10 at 12:11pm
  • Dollar
    Zappos received $150k in Series A funding. (1/1/99)
    Posted 7/22/09 at 2:02pm
  • Dollar
    Zappos received $13M in Series E funding. (11/1/05)
    Posted 7/22/09 at 2:02pm
  • Dollar
    Zappos received $6M in Series E funding. (8/1/05)
    Posted 7/22/09 at 2:02pm
  • Dollar
    Zappos received $1.1M in Series B funding. (3/1/00)
    Posted 8/22/07 at 10:08pm

Videos

Above:

CEO Tony Hsieh presentation at Web 2.0 Summit, November 2008

Added: 11/8/08
Above:

Zappos on Nightline

Added: 6/3/09
Above:

Zappos on Oprah!

Added: 6/3/09

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Products

Zappos

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Uploaded: 2/17/08
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Above: Zappos 2011
Uploaded: 9/27/11

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Sources

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