Nick Swinmurn

Nick Swinmurn
Born Swindon, England
Residence Bay Area, CA
Alma mater University of California, Santa Barbara
Occupation

Owner of Fated Brands
Founder of Zappos.com
Minority owner, Golden State Warriors
Minority owner, Swansea City
Owner, Basecamp Fitness
Owner, Nachoria

Owner, Dunk Contest

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.[1]

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 Los Altos High School and proceeded to earn a degree in Film Studies from the University of Santa Barbara in 1995.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Swinmurn left Zappos in 2006. He's started a number of companies since, some that have had success and some that haven't. Companies he founded that he still operates are Basecamp Fitness, Nachoria, and Dunk Contest. He also founded Dethrone Royalty which is now owned by his brother Dan and caters to fans of Mixed Martial Arts.[4]

Sports team ownerships

Swinmurn is a member of the Golden State Warriors ownership group and the Swansea City ownership group.[3] He also owns the Burlingame Dragons FC.

References

  1. ↑ "Can Zappos founder repeat success with RNKD?". 20 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Nick Swinmurn, Chairman and Founder, Zappos.Com, Inc". spoke.com.
  3. 1 2 "Nick Swinmurn - Founded of RNKD". 16 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 Eng, Dinah (September 3, 2012). "Zappos's Silent Founder". Fortune. 166 (4): 19–22.
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