A surprise twist has emerged in the long-running legal battle over the $500 million fortune of Tony Hsieh, the late Zappos CEO and beloved tech visionary who died in 2020.

A mysterious will, allegedly signed by Hsieh (typically pronounced “Shay,” which rhymes with “day”) five years before his death, surfaced this spring — delivered by mail to a Nevada estate attorney who had no prior connection to the entrepreneur, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The will, dated 2015, names attorney Robert Armstrong as a co-executor of Hsieh’s estate — yet Armstrong says he never met Hsieh and had no role in his estate planning. 4

Armstrong was stunned to receive the document, which arrived in an unmarked envelope earlier this year, according to a court filing.

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