exzappos

So? It goes without saying what I posted wasn't public information and that I had inside sources. It's already been confirmed by others here and it's now been reported in the press so we can put to rest the idea that I'm just making things up.

My intent is not to rip on him. I have a lot of respect for what he accomplished in life. Keeping Tony's problems secret and enabling them is a big part of why things ended this way though. There shouldn't be a stigma about admitting that Tony was suffering from drug addiction and mental illness. People have been using him all year instead of getting treatment for him. You should be directing your ire at those people.

I've been told by people with direct knowledge of the situation

Yeah unfortunately he was surrounded by too many enablers and sycophants. Though he did have a few people who tried to get him the help he needed.

He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.