Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh addicted to K and laughing gas, killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself
moar details on Zappos ex-CEO death
anonymous source on HN:
exzappos 8 days ago | [flagged] | parent | flag | favorite | on: Tony Hsieh has died
He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25235843
https://archive.is/woyCr
confirmed by WSJ:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-death-of-zappos-tony-hsieh-a-spiral-of-alcohol-drugs-and-extreme-behavior-11607264719