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Tony Hsieh graduated from Harvard with a degree in Computer Science and landed what seemed like a dream job at Oracle. After just five months at the company, however, Hsieh realized the corporate environment wasn't his style and quit.
Soon after his departure, Hsieh started a company called LinkExchange that he and his co-founders would sell to Microsoft for $265 million.
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