Fred Mossler

About Fred

• I grew up in a rural town, but always wanted go into “business,” even before I knew what that meant.
• Most kids in my town got their first jobs in the fast-food industry—I chose to work at Taco Bell.
• I’d never been a good student, but something about that job made me want to try harder at school.
• I enrolled in college and became a pretty good student, while also working as a shoe salesman.
• After college, I was hired at Nordstrom; I worked my way up to a buyer position in San Francisco.
• While there, I was approached by Nick Swinmurn to help him start his business (which became Zappos).
• Amazon acquired Zappos and I used the capital from the sale to open a restaurant Nacho Daddy and to fund other business ideas.
• I recently left Zappos to focus my time on my entrepreneurial projects and nonprofit involvement.