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Top Selling Items in Ryan Cohen's eBay Auction
Comparison of the highest-earning items sold by Ryan Cohen during his auction stunt.
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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen Wants eBay, Says He'll Do 'Whatever ...
14 hours ago ... GameStop CEO says eBay shut his account after buyout funding stunt / He has put up personal items, including a pair of socks, to fund his US$56 billion bid for ...
Everybody on Wall Street is ridiculing Ryan Cohen's $56B eBay bid
There’s not a single trader or sophisticated investor I have spoken to who believes Ryan Cohen, the CEO of troubled video-game retailer GameStop, is really going to buy eBay. And yet, I can’t count this guy out – and neither should you. Yes, there are plenty of reasons to doubt. EBay is five times GameStop’s size. The meme investor cult that has followed 40-year-old Cohen doesn’t extend much beyond the fevered swamps of retail stock picking. Cohen’s recent disclosures about his bid also haven’t helped his cause. His uneven and sometimes evasive interview on CNBC has been universally panned, including his laconic response to questions about how he plans to finance the deal. There are plenty of reasons to doubt GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s pursuit of eBay. But don’t count him out yet. Jack Forbes / NY Post Design “The full details are on our website,” Cohen assured his interlocutors, even though simple math – $9 billion in cash plus $20 billion in borrowed money – doesn’t get you to eBay’s market cap of $53 billion. It was the joke of last week’s Milken Global Conference, the yearly confab of Wall Street power players. Meanwhile, the typical eBay shareholder has done well over the past five years. It’s a profitable e-commerce business under current management. So it’s no surprise that eBay gave Cohen the old Heisman this week, rejecting his offer as “neither credible nor attractive.” Most people on Wall Street – and probably the eBay board – are concluding that he will make up the financing difference by further diluting his GameStop shareholders. What eBay investor wants shares of a barely profitable retailer that sells videos in malls people don’t go to anymore and which, by the way, has a huge position in Bitcoin? The typical eBay shareholder has done well over the past five years. It’s a profitable e-commerce business under current management. REUTERS Of course, all of this is more than fair. But here’s why I’m also skeptical of the Cohen skeptics. GameStop is a lousy business, which Cohen readily admits, but somehow he has made it work. Cohen, the founder of the successful pet supplies site Chewy, took over GME in 2023 just after the height of the meme mania had sent its shares soaring. They’re now well off their highs, but Cohen has done a good job operationally, shedding stores and accumulating cash by diluting shareholders. That’s exactly what he’s supposed to do. Yes, its stock is still buoyed by meme mania, but its balance sheet is strong....
Why eBay suspended GameStop CEO's account during his viral selling ...
A viral campaign suddenly backfired Ryan Cohen drew massive attention after launching an unusual selling campaign on eBay while also pursuing a surprise takeover bid for the company. Cohen listed personal items, GameStop memorabilia, store signs, and even socks with sky-high bids attached. But shortly after the campaign went viral online, eBay suspended his account, creating even more ...
Gamestop CEO sells personal items to raise money to buy eBay
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is raising money to buy eBay and in a quirky twist, he's even selling personal items like old socks, trading cards, and mugs to help ...
