Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of online shoe store Zappos, died on Friday after he was injured in a Connecticut house fire, numerous outlets have reported.
Hsieh, 46, retired from Las Vegas-based Zappos over the summer — but his impact continued with DTP Companies, an organization that he launched with the goal of revitalizing the urban center of Las Vegas.
When Hsieh stepped down from Zappos in August, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman called Hsieh’s work in downtown Las Vegas “energized, mesmerizing and exciting for our city,” according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
And on Friday, in a statement on the Hsieh’s death, current Zappos CEO Kedar Deshpande hailed Hsieh as “a tremendous visionary and an incredible human being.