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The 'Meme King' is turning eBay listings into takeover theater
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The 'Meme King' is turning eBay listings into takeover theater

Business Insider·Lloyd Lee·26 days ago
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Ryan Cohen, the e-commerce pet supplier cofounder-turned-Meme King, is now making a bid to buy eBay. Courtesy Ryan Cohen GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen was deemed the 'Meme King' during the company's 2021 stock rally. The CEO is now on a public pressure campaign to take over eBay, the online marketplace. Cohen posted eBay listings of video games and memorabilia and said it was an attempt to raise money. In a world where cultural capital equals deal currency,  GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen  is dipping into his reserves. On Wednesday, Cohen put up some of his video games, sports memorabilia, and GameStop merch on eBay as part of his very public pressure campaign to buy the online marketplace , which is worth four times the value of the video game store. "I'm selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay," the so-called "Meme King" said on X. The listings include a GameStop mug, a Halo Master Chief statue, and a graded Donald Trump card showing the president being sworn in after the 2016 election.…

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