The battle over Zappos founder and former CEO Tony Hsieh’s fortune has taken a forensic turn in the wake of the shoe magnate’s death following a Connecticut house fire.The former Zappos CEO was widely believed to have died without a will after he succumbed to injuries from a 2020 fire at age 46.But a purported seven-page will, dated March 2015, suddenly arrived by mail at a Las Vegas courthouse last year, setting off a mystery that now sits at the center of his estate fight, The Wall Street Journal reported.QUESTIONS SWIRL AS ZAPPOS FOUNDER TONY HSIEH'S DEATH INVESTIGATION MOVES AHEADIn this Sept.30, 2013, file photo, Tony Hsieh speaks during a Grand Rapids Economic Club luncheon in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Hsieh, the retired CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos, died as a result of injuries sustained during a house fire in Connecticut.(Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)The alleged will includes a no-contest clause aimed at Hsieh’s parents and two younger brothers.
Under the terms of the document, if one family member challenged the will, all of them could be cut out.Hsieh’s father, Richard Hsieh, has demanded a jury trial.Tony Hsieh, chief executive officer of Zappos.com Inc., speaks at the Skybridge Alternatives (SALT) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Thursday, May 18, 2017.(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)The document also landed at the office of Las Vegas trust attorney Robert Armstrong, who said he never met Hsieh despite being named as a co-executor in the alleged will, according to the Journal.FIRE THAT KILLED TONY HSIEH POSSIBLY CAUSED BY 'CARELESSNESS,' 'INTENTIONAL ACT': OFFICIALSA man who identified himself as Kashif Singh reportedly called Armstrong’s office and claimed he found the document among the belongings of his late grandfather.
The office later received what appeared to be the grandfather’s death certificate from Balochistan, Pakistan, the Journal reported.More than a year later, the origin of the docum...