Las Vegas in shock after iconic CEO dies at 46

Tony Hsieh, the former head of Zappos, took the shoe company into the big leagues with a sale to Amazon and then kickstarted the revival of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.

'Delivering happiness was ... his mantra' »
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