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Tony Hsieh, Former Zappos CEO and Las Vegas Visionary, Dies After Being Injured in House Fire
Tony Hsieh, a Las Vegas visionary and the former CEO of Zappos who rocketed the online shoe retailer to the big leagues with its billion-dollar sale to Amazon, has died at the age of 46. He died after sustaining injuries from a fire at his home in New London, Connecticut, his attorney Puoy Premsrirut told…
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Meeting Tony Hsieh, The Mayor Of Downtown Las Vegas
I’m not gonna lie: It’s a lot like meeting Oz in his Emerald City. Mostly because no one associated with him would set up a formal time for me to meet with Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and the financial and philosophical force behind the Downtown Project, the $US350 million urban revitalisation program transforming downtown…
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How The Downtown Project Is Solving Vegas’ Urban Problems In-House
When I meet Josh Westerholt at the offices of Project 100, the Las Vegas urban mobility startup that’s funded by the Downtown Project, we decide it would probably make sense to head out into downtown Vegas to tour their project area in person. From the other room, his co-worker has an even better idea: “Take…
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Exploring The Real Tech Story In Vegas: Zappos’ Downtown Project
On the way in from the airport, my driver didn’t want to drop me at the downtown Las Vegas address that I had provided him. “Oh man, I dunno,” he said. “It might not be very… nice.” When I explained I was there to cover the revitalisation of Las Vegas’s urban core he looked at…