GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen discusses the company’s bid to acquire eBay, financing support for the plan, and how he sees the deal benefitting shareholders. Cohen tells Ed Ludlow, “eBay is a platform that I can build into something much more profitable and much larger.” He also speaks about discless video games and whether or not he would raise his bid for eBay.
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@5DChess3
July 16, 2026 at 7:24 pm
I fucking love this man
@ink13jr
July 16, 2026 at 7:24 pm
He wasn’t done talking about ebay!
@shaynyoe
July 16, 2026 at 7:26 pm
Listening to the ceo is like listening to paint drying on tarmac
@R0B0TR4D3R
July 16, 2026 at 7:31 pm
Great video, despite the hostility of the interviewer. Ryan Cohen 💪
@Genesis8629
July 16, 2026 at 7:37 pm
Yea
@reverendthumper
July 16, 2026 at 7:32 pm
I don’t see why eBay shareholders would vote for what is being offered. Their stock value has doubled in the last two years and they receive dividends. The only way to get them to vote for a sale is an all cash offer at a premium price.
@mahollow306
July 16, 2026 at 7:40 pm
$GME has factually been a turd of an investment since the Sneeze.
It’s basically traded flat for years now while Cohen has done nothing with the cash hoard gained from robbing shareholders in these past ‘liquidity events’. So when I hear him talk shareholder value, it’s disingenuous. No one calls him out. Yes, he’s done admirably in stabilizing a dying company but the share price doesn’t reflect it. His eBay rhetoric is getting tiresome and repetitive but Gamestop shareholders will continue being enthusiastic bagholders with or without eBay.
@jaketts8907
July 16, 2026 at 7:44 pm
Auforized
@PsiloSage
July 16, 2026 at 7:46 pm
Cmon Bloomberg You Should Be Able To Look Your Viewers In The Eye And Admit That Ryan Cohen Is The Best Pick To Be CEO Of Ebay! What Has The World Come To That We Cant Easily Admit That On TV …
@vict1435
July 16, 2026 at 7:48 pm
All of a sudden the Wall St media journalist doesn’t have an opinion. Color me green
@Maquark1
July 16, 2026 at 7:52 pm
b roll of GTA when Ryan speaking about it and declined to is highly disrespectful. not hiding the bias at all with the closed store pic next to the eBay logo either
@menamgamg
July 16, 2026 at 7:53 pm
LOL what a cuck this interviewer is
@TyB.-to3ek
July 16, 2026 at 7:58 pm
Why would Ryan do an interview with this dossier
@TyB.-to3ek
July 16, 2026 at 8:04 pm
RC JUST SHREDDED THE SHORTS!!!! How are the shorts not rushing to cover, because I sure and hell wouldnt want to be short a CEO of a company who pays themselves nothing with his track record! Ryan fkkn Cohen is literally a mini Elon Musk!
@BenjaminBleasdale-d1k
July 16, 2026 at 8:08 pm
🪑glorious chairman ryan cohen 🪑
@tonerod_51
July 16, 2026 at 8:13 pm
In Ryan we trust!!! Shhh ya said too much already… on behalf of “Team51” we welcome all fellow eBay shareholders to the GameStop family. We are sure your stay will be very special and profitable one. 🙏 🙏🙏
@RM-pz3pe
July 16, 2026 at 8:15 pm
i can’t believe this guy is a journalist Ryan explained it 3 times what a buffoon
@michaelamerica1506
July 16, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Fuck main stream media. Im with boy, Ryan Cohen. He is ready to FUK.
@Gamestop741
July 16, 2026 at 8:31 pm
Ryan is for retail. eBay is greed
@Jon101-s4i
July 16, 2026 at 8:32 pm
I can’t wait for Ryan to take over Ebay.. I am a seller on TCGplayer and EBay! I’m excited to see what he will do! My profits that I make on ebay are going towards buying GME shares!
@Nathanias
July 16, 2026 at 8:36 pm
Seriously though, in any other environment you’d see at least a few of the big players decide that Ryan has does the impossible with Gamestop. Yet here we are, sure with plenty of risk still on the table, but no one will say they believe it’s possible or that it could work out. Fascinating.
@giovannipragliola2179
July 16, 2026 at 8:41 pm
Can’t stop, wont stop, Gamestop ✋️💎🚀
@Kaptaink84
July 16, 2026 at 8:54 pm
Gme = 🗑
@RoaringSensei
July 16, 2026 at 9:03 pm
WE’RE COMING FOR EBAY, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
Power to the Players.
@davidberrios5481
July 16, 2026 at 9:04 pm
Ryan at around 13:00. That was epic
@JohnnyReeves-q5i
July 16, 2026 at 9:13 pm
Gooooo GameStop! Supporting ya to infinity