Name Nick Swinmurn | ||
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Occupation Founder of Dethrone Royalty; Founder of Zappos Education University of California, Santa Barbara | ||
Short Story Long #93 - THE STORY OF A BILLION DOLLAR IDEA I Nick Swinmurn
Nick Swinmurn founded Zappos.com in 1999. He left Zappos in 2006 before it reached $1 billion sales in 2008 and was sold to Amazon in 2009.
Contents
- Short Story Long 93 THE STORY OF A BILLION DOLLAR IDEA I Nick Swinmurn
- Early life and education
- Sports team ownerships
- References
Early life and education
Swinmurn was born in England and moved to the United States at the age of seven, growing up in the California Bay Area. His father was an engineer and his mother was a teacher. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1995 with a degree in Film Studies. After college, Swinmurn initially worked in ticket sales for the San Bernardino Stampede minor-league baseball team and then for the San Diego Padres. He then returned to northern California and worked at Autoweb.com, saying he was inspired by the 'anything is possible' attitude of the founders. He left Autoweb in 1998 and considered other options such as running a portal for students before finally deciding to start Zappos.com. Swinmurn worked as a contractor for Silicon Graphics in order to raise funds for an online shoe store, initially called Shoesite.com. He started Zappos in 1999.
Swinmurn left Zappos in 2006 and started Stagr, an online T-shirt company. He shut that down after a year, and started the Dethrone clothing line with his brother Dan that caters to fans of Mixed Martial Arts.
Sports team ownerships
Swinmurn is a member of the Golden State Warriors ownership group. He also owns the Burlingame Dragons FC and San Francisco Football Club soccer teams.