Tony Hsieh

Founder of Downtown Project; former Zappos CEO

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Born: December 12, 1973, Urbana

Died: November 27, 2020

Education: Harvard University, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, The Branson School

Previous offices: chief executive officer

Last updated Nov 2, 2026

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Las Vegas council renews Fergusons Downtown vending lot permit

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Died November 2020

The boarded-up Fergusons Motel took more than a decade to become a downtown Las Vegas retail-and-events hub. On September 2, the city council renewed the block's open-air vending permit, with conditions — the review was overdue, since the permit dated to 2020.

Updated Oct 18