(Bloomberg) — Ryan Cohen is at it again. The Canadian entrepreneur turned activist investor has been making big investments in struggling companies and trying to turn them around— with mixed results. His latest gambit is a $56 billion offer for eBay Inc., a pioneer in selling used goods online and a business nearly four times the size of Cohen’s current company, GameStop Corp.
When he became chief executive of GameStop in 2023, he took no salary. Earlier this year, GameStop granted Cohen performance-based stock option awards that could bring him $35 billion if certain aggressive criteria are met. Full vesting of the option… [4864 chars]
Source: The Boston Globe | Published: 2026-05-04T23:37:07Z
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