The tech CEO offering free college tuition to his employees’ children

Forbes:

Chieh Huang knows something about upward mobility. After his parents emigrated from Taiwan, his mother worked as a cashier at a Baltimore restaurant. But education was always a priority, and despite his modest upbringing, he ended up at John Hopkins University and Fordham Law School, which set him on a course to become a successful entrepreneur. He sold his first company, a gaming studio, to Zynga in 2011, and he’s currently CEO of Boxed, an online retailer that sells items in bulk (think e-Costco) and has raised more than $30 million.


Now Huang wants to give all his employees at Boxed a shot a the same kind of upward mobility. To that end, he’ll pay for the college education of any children of Boxed workers, no strings attached.

Another great story of a CEO who, even while recognizing the limits of his plan, is still willing to go ahead to help his employees and their families.



One thought on “The tech CEO offering free college tuition to his employees’ children”

  1. Seems only fair, considering how much of his employees’ taxes have been diverted toward corporate welfare.

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