Zappos founder and former CEO, Tony Hsieh, died tragically in December 2020 at the age of 46. Zappos is an online Las Vegas-based successful clothes and shoe retailer. And since Hsieh didn’t leave a will, his friends and family are fighting over the $500 million dollar estate.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Hsieh had a habit of jotting down specifics of business deals on sticky notes. And that there were thousands found all over the walls of his Park City, Utah, home.
Some of the claims on the estate are based on those sticky notes.
Mark Evensvold, filed with the court claiming he is owed $30 million. This was based on a note written three months before Hsieh died.
The sticky note said Hsieh would pay Evensvold $450,000. And the claimant would move to Park City and become a project manager for a 20% share in a Hsieh restaurant business.
Family and Friends in conflict
The Zappos icon’s family will by law inherit the majority of his assets. However many of his relatives and friends are disputing who truly cared for Hsieh and who cared more for his status and wealth.
