Closed friends interviewed by Forbes Magazine describe former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh as a man who became increasingly distant from friends and fell into issues with drug addiction.
The article posted just a week after Hsieh’s death from smoke inhalation suffered in a house fire reports he became dependent on nitrous oxide and exhibited signs of mental stress that increased during the pandemic.
They also say Hseih, 46, began to associate himself more with a younger crowd which some say may not have had his best interest in mind.
Forbes interviewed what it described as 20 close friends of Hseih and quoted from a letter from Jewel to the entrepreneur.
“I am going to be blunt,” she wrote in the letter obtained by Forbes. “I need to tell you that I don’t think you are well and in your right mind. I think you are taking too many drugs that cause you to disassociate.
“The people you are surrounding yourself with are either ignorant or willing to be complicit in you killing yourself.”
Jewel on Wednesday posted a tearful 10 minute tribute to Hseih and sang as tears rolled down her eyes.
The Las Vegas Review Journal reported Hsieh died after the fire at the Connecticut home believed to belong to his girlfriend, Rachael Brown. Brown joined Zappos when the company moved from San Francisco to Las Vegas in 2004. She would grow into one of the company’s top executives and one of his closes confidantes.
Brown also is an entertainer and performed with Nina Di Gregorio’s Bella Electric Strings ensemble and also David Perrico’s Pop Strings orchestra.
As AsAmNews previously reported, radio calls obtained by KLAS from the day of the fire indicate Hseih became either locked or trapped in a storage shed when the fire broke out.
Others had already exited the home while he remained inside the shed.
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