FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the logo and trading information for GameStop on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
(Reuters) -GameStop on Wednesday fired CEO Matt Furlong two years after hiring the former Amazon.com executive and appointed billionaire Ryan Cohen as executive chairman, sending the company's shares down more than 20% in aftermarket trading.
Furlong joined the videogame retailer in 2021, just months after the company was at the center of a "meme-stock" trading frenzy where a bunch of social media-armed traders talked up the value of the stock.
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