Katherine Sayre

1 day ago | wsj.com | Katherine Sayre |Angel Au-Yeung

Lawyers for the tech entrepreneur’s family are accused of taking ‘scorched earth’ approach by attorneys representing new documentLAS VEGAS—A mysterious envelope arrived at the offices of one of Nevada’s most high-profile estate attorneys this spring. It contained a will for former Zappos Chief Executive Tony Hsieh, a beloved tech entrepreneur who died more than four years ago with a fortune of over $500 million.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele |Katherine Sayre

The controversial rapper’s new song garners millions of views on X after bans on music-streaming servicesThere was a time in the music business that a song paying homage to Hitler, even one by a hit rapper, would have been shut out of popular culture. Not so in the age of TikTok and X. Controversial rapper Kanye West’s latest antisemitic provocation—a song with the hook “Heil Hitler”—is going viral on social media after being removed from streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Anne Steele |Katherine Sayre

4 hours ago“Five people were running the country,” a political insider told the authors of the new book Original Sin. “And Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board.” Halfway through King Lear, storm clouds gather, and Shakespeare’s protagonist rages, “You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, / As …

1 month ago | wsj.com | Angel Au-Yeung |Katherine Sayre

Tony Hsieh’s estate has been mired in legal battles since his death in 2020. Now, what appears to be a will has been foundWhen troubled entrepreneur Tony Hsieh died in a fire, he left behind thousands of sticky notes on the walls of his home in Park City, Utah, many promising millions of dollars to former colleagues and friends.

1 month ago | elpasoinc.com | Joe Wallace |Katherine Sayre

In the spring of 2023, a London banker-turned-bookmaker reached out to a few contacts with an audacious request: Can you help me take down the Texas lottery? Bernard Marantelli had a plan in mind. He and his partners would buy nearly every possible number in a coming drawing. There were 25.8 million potential number combinations. The tickets were $1 apiece. The jackpot was heading to $95 million. If nobody else also picked the winning numbers, the profit would be nearly $60 million.