Steven Thomas

The founder of the computer security company Webroot Software, Steven Thomas went missing in June 2008 after being diagnosed with possible bipolar disorder. The 36-year-old millionaire was found dead on July 2008, at the bottom of Pali Lookout near Honolulu. The autopsy report by the medical examiner’s office showed that his injuries appeared to be consistent with a fall from a height.

His close friends reported that he was obsessed with the size of peas, one of his favorite foods, and used a special fork to sort them by size. In December 1975, he stayed in a darkened screening room of a film studio for more than four months, never leaving. He subsisted exclusively on chocolate bars, chicken, and milk. He wrote detailed memos to his aides on yellow legal pads giving them explicit instructions not to look at him, to respond when spoken to, but otherwise not speak to him.