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by reaperducer 2122 days ago
No personal experience here, either, but word on the street last year was that he was widely disliked outside of Zappos.

When I lived in Nevada, he was heralded as the future savior of downtown Las Vegas, having bought up a bunch of dead motels and vacant lots to transform into something new and better. Plenty of "tech disruptor" headlines in the newspapers.

After a few years, when virtually nothing came of it other than a quirky-but-empty strip mall and a clubhouse for his hangers-on to gather in, there started appearing articles about people being unhappy with how things were going, and him in particular.

Never heard about any strife from inside Zappos, though.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/hsieh-lands-in-court-...

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/nightclu...

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/downtown-project-lays...