Ryan Cohen

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Ryan Cohen

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ARCHETYPE

The Disruptor

Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.

Cohen reads unmistakably as The Disruptor: he is prosecuting an unsolicited $56B hostile bid against an entrenched board, framing it explicitly as a challenge to institutional complacency and misaligned management.

IN THEIR WORDS, WHY DISRUPTOR

We're coming for eBay one way or another.

CLOSING STATEMENT ON EBAY BID

The existing management team on a standalone basis can never do what I'm describing. Guy running the company makes thirty million bucks a year, hasn't bought a single share in the open market.

CONTRASTING ALIGNMENT VS. ENTRENCHMENT

There's nothing more American than risking your own capital — and if the business fails, you'll lose a lot of money. I want to understand why everybody wants GameStop to fail.

DEFENDING HOSTILE BID PHILOSOPHY

BLOOMBERG TALKS

Bloomberg Talks: “GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen Talks Plan to Buy eBay”

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