Tien Tzuo Explained

Tien Tzuo
Birth Date:1968
Birth Place:Taiwan
Alma Mater:Cornell University (BS)
Stanford University (MBA)
Occupation:Co-founder, chairman & CEO, Zuora
Years Active:1990–present
Spouse:Mariana Tzuo[1]
Children:1

Tien Tzuo is a Taiwanese-born American tech entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Zuora, and prior to that was chief strategy officer of Salesforce.

Early life

Tzuo was born in Taiwan, and when he was 3 years old his family moved to the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.[2] [3] His parents were psychology professors, and his father also worked as an importer-exporter and in real estate.[2]

Education

Tzuo graduated from Hunter College High School in 1986, earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Cornell University, worked at Oracle Corporation in Manhattan for six years, and then earned his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School Of Business.[4] [5]

Salesforce

He worked for about a year at enterprise software company CrossWorlds.[5] In 1999, he was hired at cloud computing company Salesforce as its eleventh employee. He worked there for nine years and would become Salesforce's first chief marketing officer and then chief strategy officer.[6] [7] [8]

Zuora

In 2007, Tzuo left Salesforce to launch Zuora as its founding CEO.[5] [6] The California-based enterprise software company creates and provides subscription management software to help other companies with their subscription-based services.[7] [9] [10] Within a few weeks of its initial public offering on April 12, 2018, Zuora was valued at over $2 billion, and Tzuo's 10% stake in the company was worth an estimated $193 million.[11] [9]

Tzuo's book Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company's Future - and What to Do About It, written with Gabe Weisert, was published by Portfolio on June 5, 2018.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tzuo . Tien . Subscribed : why the subscription model will be your company's future - and what to do about it . 5 June 2018 . 978-0525536468 . 28 November 2018.
  2. News: Bryant . Adam . Tien Tzuo of Zuora: 'Don't Expect Me to Manage You' . 16 November 2018 . New York Times . 6 January 2017.
  3. News: Feldman . Amy . Zuora's Tien Tzuo Had A Big Idea For Software To Drive The Subscription Economy -- He Almost Blew It . 16 November 2018 . Forbes . 4 November 2015.
  4. News: Bessette . Chanelle . 10 Questions: Tien Tzuo, founder and CEO, Zuora . 16 November 2018 . Fortune . 10 June 2014.
  5. News: Rogers . Bruce . Tien Tzuo's Zuora Set To Capitalize On Subscription Economy It Helped Build . 16 November 2018 . Forbes . 23 August 2016.
  6. News: Kim . Eugene . 11 super successful tech leaders who struggled when they first arrived in America . 16 November 2018 . Business Insider . 17 April 2015.
  7. News: Gage . Deborah . Zuora Raises $115 Million to Fuel Subscription Economy . 16 November 2018 . Wall Street Journal . 11 March 2015.
  8. News: Miller . Ron . Zuora Orders aims to drive subscription renewals and expansion . 16 November 2018 . TechCrunch.
  9. News: Lin . Serena . CEO of billion-dollar Zuora reveals a key management lesson he learned the hard way . 16 November 2018 . CNBC . 30 April 2018.
  10. News: Paredes . Divina . Doing business with Tien Tzuo of Zuora: CMO to CEO . 16 November 2018 . CIO . 3 August 2015.
  11. News: Bort . Julie . Zuora soars in its IPO, and the founder's stake is worth nearly $200 million — 5 years after the company hit rocky times . 16 November 2018 . Business Insider . 12 April 2018.
  12. News: Broughton . Philip Delves . 'Subscribed' Review: For a Flat Monthly Fee . 16 November 2018 . Wall Street Journal . 17 July 2018.

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