That was GameStop Corp.’s Executive Chairman Ryan Cohen, who launched a blistering attack on corporate America during the annual meeting for the video-game retailer and sometime-meme-stock darling Thursday.
— Ryan Cohen, GameStop executive chairman That was GameStop Corp.’s Executive Chairman Ryan Cohen, who launched a blistering attack on corporate America during the annual meeting for the video-game retailer and sometime-meme-stock darling Thursday. Cohen, the co-founder and former CEO of Chewy Inc., CHWY made his first investment in GameStop in August 2020 via his investment firm RC Ventures. News of Cohen’s 9% stake in the gaming retailer sent its stock surging. The activist investor quickly began pushing for an overhaul of GameStop, with a focus on digital sales, and he joined the company’s board in January 2021. He consolidated his power at GameStop when he became the company’s chairman in June 2021.