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The inside story of the death of Tony Hsieh

The inside story of the death of Tony Hsieh

After retiring from the corporate sector, the Zappos founder’s life – and eventual death – took a bizarre turn towards the extreme. This is his story.

The death of Tony Hsieh was a bizarre finale to a bizarre life. Having amassed a personal net worth of over $840 million after selling his online shoe business Zappos to Amazon for $1.2 billion, the American entrepreneur reportedly retired to Utah, experimenting with drink, drugs, increasingly severe diets, and pyromania. Ultimately, it would be injuries sustained in a fire on the morning of 18 November that would claim Hsieh’s life on the 27 November 2020.

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