Tony Hsieh, the founder and retired CEO of shoe retailer Zappos, died last week from complications from smoke inhalation suffered during a house fire days earlier, the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said. New London firefighters arrived at a burning mansion around 3:30 p.m. ...
The direct cause of his death is currently unclear. View post on X Zappos' Twitter page shared a message sending their condolences after Hsieh's passing, tweeting that "the world has lost a tremendous visionary and an incredible human being." Many others also took to Twitter to honor the ...
His death has been ruled an accident. An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing. Hsieh led the Las Vegas-based company Zappos for 20 years before retiring. The Harvard University graduate remained at the online retailer even after it was sold in 2009 to Amazon for $1.2 billion...