GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen's $56B Plan to Take Over eBay

(0:00) David Friedberg intros GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen!

(1:56) Building and selling Chewy for $3.35B, how to compete with Amazon in e-commerce

(11:58) Post-Chewy life, activist investing, the road to GameStop CEO, expanding into collectibles

(26:39) Why he wants to buy eBay for $56B: Massive potential, poor execution (slow growth, rising expenses, seller relationship failure)

(43:58) Ryan's three-part vision for eBay: Cut costs, expand live commerce, create digital in-game collectible marketplace

(49:33) Why eBay has rejected the offer, media bias against GameStop

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