GameStop names billionaire Ryan Cohen as CEO


FILE PHOTO Traders work under signage for GameStop Corp. NYSE GME on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in Manhattan New York City U.S. August 8 2022. REUTERSAndrew KellyFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Traders work under signage for GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

(Reuters) -GameStop on Thursday named Ryan Cohen as its CEO and chairman, giving the billionaire activist investor more power to spearhead a turnaround of the video game retailer.

Cohen will relinquish that title of executive chairman, a role that he had taken on after the company ousted former CEO Matt Furlong in June.

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