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Ryan Cohen
GameStop appointed billionaire Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen as its CEO in September 2023. He had joined the company's board in January 2021 and become executive chairman in June 2021. [Modified Source Photo: Bill Jerome/Flickr cc; Background: Antonio Gravante/istockphoto]
North Texas’ GameStop Offers Nearly $56B to Acquire eBay
by David Seeley | May 4, 2026
In a surprise move, Grapevine-based GameStop offered $55.5 billion in cash and stock for the online auction marketplace. A Wall Street Journal editorial called the proposal "the equivalent of a smelt swallowing a whale," given that GameStop has a market cap of $11 billion and it's trying to chomp up the much larger eBay, whose market cap is $46 billion.
by David Seeley |
Sep 28, 2023
Grapevine-based video game retailer GameStop has churned through five CEOs in the last five years, an era that featured a Reddit revolt against hedge funds shorting the company's stock. As "Dumb Money," a movie about that frenzy, plays in theaters, GameStop's executive chairman and top shareholder is now taking the company's reins.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jun 9, 2023
The revolving door of GameStop CEOs continued June 5, when the video game retailer’s board terminated chief executive Matthew Furlong without cause and elected board chair Ryan Cohen, its top shareholder, as executive chairman.
Cohen will oversee management, assume responsibility for capital allocation, and evaluate potential investments and acquisitions for the Grapevine-based company, which has churned through five CEOs in the last five years....
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 28, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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