Two Forbes reporters to write book on Zappos founder

Forbes staff writers Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans have signed a contract to write a book about the life of former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.

The publisher is Henry Holt & Co.

The book will focus on Hsieh’s life and impact in the business world, and how his pursuit for happiness and real-world change came to a tragic end in 2020. The two journalists co-wrote a story on Hsieh’s final months for the magazine.

Au-Yeung has been at Forbes since October 2017. She wrote a cover story on Oracle founder Larry Ellison amid the COVID pandemic.

Jeans covers tech companies. He previously reported for The Real Deal, where he covered WeWork, real estate tech startups and commercial real estate.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.