Chewy founder Ryan Cohen has reaped a 1,700% return from a $76 million GameStop investment he made last year

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Cohen amassed a 9 million-share stake in GameStop last year at an average price of $8.43, worth $76 million at the time.

An epic short squeeze rally, combined with pockets of investor euphoria found on popular trading forums like Reddit's WallStreetBets, helped propel shares of GameStop to an all-time high of $159.18 in Tuesday trades.last year at an average price of $8.43, worth $76 million at the time. At it's intra-day high today, that stake was worth as much as $1.4 billion, representing a return of more than 1,700%.

But Cohen seems to be playing the long-game on GameStop. Through his firm RC Ventures, Cohen had petitioned the board of GameStop to adopt a strategy that would transform the company into a specialized e-commerce retailer of gaming products., which is a specialized e-commerce retailer of pet products. After being acquired by PetSmart for $3.5 billion, Chewy went public and is now trading at a valuation of more than $43 billion.

 

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Does Chewy still advertise on Fox News?

And hes not even trying yet 😂

congrats!! Im sure it's not done yet but I wonder just how dirty these funds will play. Seems they will do ALL they can to get out of this. I can't wait until u can give an interview & shoot down the blockbuster thesis even more. Heres to u & for the everyday retail trader.

Bull run 💀

ebcapital Son of a gun!

Did he sell? If the answer is no, he hasnt reaped anything.

It takes money to make money! (and good Wall Street buddies ) 😎

That’s $1,292,000,000!

Is he single?

reaped

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