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Acquired byAmazon
Price$928M
Date7/09
TermsCash and Stock

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
COO, CFO, and Chairman
Officially titled: "No Title"
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Funding

Total$62.8M
Series A, 1999
$150k
Series B, 3/00
Venture Frogs
Scott Banister
$1.1M
Series C, 5/02
Tony Hsieh
$7.5M
Series D, 10/04
Sequoia Capital
$20M
Series E, 6/05
$15M
Series E, 11/05
Sequoia Capital
$13M
Series E, 8/05
ZVest
$6M

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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

  • Acquired by Amazon for $928M. (7/22/09)
    Posted 7/22/09 at 12:42pm
  • Zappos — 8% layoffs (11/8/08)
    Posted 11/8/08 at 12:55am
  • Received $13M in Series E funding. (11/05)
    Posted 7/22/09 at 2:02pm
  • Received $6M in Series E funding. (8/05)
    Posted 7/22/09 at 2:02pm
  • Received $15M in Series E funding. (6/05)
    Posted 8/22/07 at 10:06pm
  • Received $20M in Series D funding. (10/1/04)
    Posted 8/22/07 at 10:04pm
  • Received $7.5M in Series C funding. (5/1/02)
    Posted 8/22/07 at 10:08pm
  • Received $1.1M in Series B funding. (3/1/00)
    Posted 8/22/07 at 10:08pm
  • Received $150k in Series A funding. (1999)
    Posted 7/22/09 at 2:02pm
  • Tony Hsieh, CEO added.
    Posted 8/25/08 at 1:13pm
  • Alfred Lin, COO, CFO, and Chairman added.
    Posted 11/8/08 at 1:24am
  • Fred Mossler, Officially titled: "No Title" added.
    Posted 11/8/08 at 1:24am
  • Steven Hill, VP Merchandising added.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 12:55pm
  • Craig Adkins, VP Fulfillment Operations added.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 12:57pm
  • Millie Chou, Senior Corporate Counsel added.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 12:58pm
  • Steven Gasser, General Counsel added.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 12:58pm
  • Michael Moritz, Board member added.
    Posted 6/3/09 at 1:08pm

Videos

Above:

CEO Tony Hsieh presentation at Web 2.0 Summit, November 2008

Added: 11/8/08
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Zappos on Nightline

Added: 6/3/09
Above:

Zappos on Oprah!

Added: 6/3/09

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Uploaded: 2/17/08

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Sources

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