Chinese American “Tony Hsieh or Shoe King” died in a fire, Ivanka sent a group photo to mourn the loss of his best friend
November 29 electricity , according to US media, “World News” reported that Chinese-American entrepreneur Hsieh due to fire suffered serious injuries, died on November 27, aged 46 years old.
Xie Jiahua is the founder of Zappos, an American shoe e-commerce website, and is called “the king of online shoes” by the media. After his death, Amazon founders Bezos, Yang Anze, Ivanka and other celebrities sent messages of condolences.
According to reports, Xie Jiahua was born in Illinois, USA in December 1973 and graduated from Harvard University.
His parents are from Taiwan, China. Zappos was founded around 1999 and the company’s business is booming.
It was acquired by Amazon in 2009. Xie Jiahua announced his retirement in August this year after leading the company for about 20 years.
November 18, when Xie Jiahua was visiting his family in Connecticut, the room caught fire accidentally and died of injuries.
Xie Jiahua is unmarried for life and has no children.
Despite his wealth, he has always lived in a RV in downtown Las Vegas and has raised two pet camels in the RV park community.
After Xie Jiahua’s death, Ivanka, whom he had been a good friend for many years, and Yang Anze, the Democratic candidate for the presidential primaries, all expressed their grief.
Ivanka tweeted on the 28th and posted a number of photos with Xie Jiahua and wrote: “Sorrow for the loss of her best friend Xie Jiahua.”
