Nearly five years after Tony Hsieh died in a house fire, it looks like the Zappos CEO’s will has finally been found

• Tony Hsieh Left behind hundreds of millions of dollars after his accidental death caused by a house fire in 2020. But after years of his family, friends and colleagues who fight for his fortune in court, it seems that an original will, signed by Hsieh and five witnesses in 2015, was discovered.

Tony Hsieh, co -founder and CEO of the Zappos shoe and clothing retailer, died in a house fire in New London, in Connecticut an accident. Hsieh was only 46 years old.

Since then, the inner circle of Hsieh has spent years fighting in court for his succession, which was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Most of his fortune came from Hsieh 2009 Zappos sale in Amazon for $ 1.2 billionAnd Hsieh had apparently left sticky notes in all his city of Park, Utah, at home, promising millions to friends and former colleagues.

But in a surprise turn, it seems that an original will – signed by Hsieh and five witnesses, dated March 13, 2015 – was discovered.

According to a file Clark Country district courtyard In Nevada, the document was found in February in the personal effects of a man who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, named Pir Muhammad. It's not clear How Muhammad and Hsieh knew each other, but the court of the court said that Muhammad (who did not know that Hsieh had died) was given an “exclusive possession” of the initial will to prevent any alteration. Muhammad was also one of the five witnesses who signed the will; Another witness, named Ishrat Daud, said to Wall Street Journal He actually acted as a witness “a certain number of years ago” but had nothing more to say on this subject.

The recent legal file also mentioned that a video recording has been made, but it is not clear if the video has also been found, and what is even presented on the video. The next hearing scheduled for this case on May 22 could shed light on the issue.

As for the will itself, Hsieh left $ 3 million at Harvard University, his Alma Mater; $ 500,000 each at UNICEF and the American Red Cross; $ 250,000 each at the Buffett Foundation, the Americares Foundation and the Gates Foundation; $ 1 million to its trustee, Muzammal Hussain, and Stryv365, a non -profit organization dedicated to helping young people to navigate and deal with trauma; And $ 500,000 each to his mother, Judy, Father Richard and the brothers Andrew and David.

The will would also include a non-counter clause which indicates that if one of its four remaining family members fights the wishes of Hsieh, none of them will receive any of its gifts.

“I structured my way of surprising and essentially leaving all my beneficiaries to live the” wow “factor in their lives,” says the alleged Will. “I want my beneficiaries” to live in wow “.”

This story was initially presented on Fortune.com