GameStop names CEO Matt Furlong to board


FILE PHOTO A GameStop store is seen in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of New York City New York U.S. January 27 2021. REUTERSNick Zieminski

FILE PHOTO: A GameStop store is seen in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Zieminski

(Reuters) - GameStop Corp, the videogame retailer at the center of this year's "meme stock" trading frenzy, named Chief Executive Matt Furlong to its board on Monday, as the former Amazon executive took formal charge of the company.

Furlong was named GameStop's CEO earlier this month, succeeding George Sherman who, the company said, also retired from the board.

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