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    Tony Hsieh, Former Zappos CEO, Dies At 46

    The technology entrepreneur made his fortune in the heyday of the dot-com era, before pivoting to lead the online shoe company — despite knowing little about shoes.
    by Matthew S. Schwartz Nov 28, 2020 2 minutes
    Former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, pictured at a 2015 event in Laguna Beach, Calif, died Friday at the age of 46.

    Tony Hsieh, who helped grow the online company Zappos into one of the largest retailers of shoes on the Internet, died Friday after being injured in a house fire. He was 46.

    "The world has lost a tremendous visionary and an incredible human being," Zappos CEO Kedar Deshpande said in a . "We recognize that not only have

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