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Tien Tzuo

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Member Board of Directors at Amplitude
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Tien Tzuo is the Founder and CEO of Zuora, a company he established after being the 11th employee at Salesforce, where he served as CMO and Chief Strategy Officer. A graduate of Cornell and Stanfords GSB, he is a leading evangelist for the "Subscription Economy" and authored the bestseller "SUBSCRIBED. "

Originally from Taiwan and raised in Brooklyn, Tien developed a passion for software and problem-solving from a young age. Outside of his executive duties, he is a family man who finds that spending time with his daughter provides perspective. For stress relief, he enjoys playing the piano.

He holds a patent for a system enabling the sharing of on-demand applications in multi-tenant database environments, a foundational element from his early work.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Member Board of Directors
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Subscription Economy
He coined the phrase and is the world's foremost authority on the topic, having authored the book "SUBSCRIBED" to guide companies in this business model shift.
Business Transformation
His career is focused on helping companies shift from traditional product sales to recurring revenue models, emphasizing a customer-centric approach to drive growth.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Member Board of Directors
Amplitude
7-2020 - 7-2022
Board Member
Vonage
1-2008
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Zuora, Inc.
Speaker
BigSpeak Speakers Bureau
Board of Directors
Network for Good
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Education
1996 - 1998
MBA
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
1986 - 1990
BS
Cornell University
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