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A retail CEO worth $840 million lives in a Las Vegas trailer park

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Tony Hsieh could buy a private island if he wanted to.

The Zappos CEO has a reported net worth of $840 million.

But Hsieh chooses to live in a Las Vegas trailer park he owns, according to a recent profile in The New York Times.

The trailer park is "<span>crammed with shiny silver Airstreams that are rented out to visiting computer coders," according to David Gelles at The Times. </span>

Hsieh lives in a trailer in the community he calls "Llamapolis" with his pet alpaca.

The trailer park is part of Hsieh's $350 million investment into making Las Vegas a metropolitan city with thriving business and entertainment scenes.

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<p class="embed-spacer">It also includes features like community campfires and a shared kitchen housed in a shipping container, according to Las Vegas Weekly.

"T<span>he Airstreams are sleek and high-tech, with wood paneling, stainless-steel appliances, a Bluetooth stereo and two TVs," magazine author Kristy Totten writes. </span>

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<p class="embed-spacer"> In the past, Hsieh has been named one of the most frugal millionaires.

<span>"Money is just a way for Tony to get to his endgame," Erik Moore, an early </span><span class="skimwords-potential">Zappos</span><span> investor, told Business Insider. "Money just doesn't matter to him. If he only had a million dollars left, he'd spend $999,999 to make Vegas work. He would be just as happy with a dollar in the bank and being around people he cares about and care about him."</span>

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