Portrait of Ryan Cohen

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Ryan Cohen

Net worth $5.0B

Investments · Canada

Born
Aug 04, 1985
Age
40
Source
Investments
Residence
Bal Harbour, Florida
Citizenship
Canada
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Ryan Cohen is the former CEO of online pets supplies store Chewy, which he cofounded in 2011.
  • Cohen grew the business to $3.5 billion in annual revenues and stepped down in 2018 after selling it to PetSmart for $3.4 billion in 2017.
  • At the end of 2020, Cohen spent about $76 million buying a 13% stake in GameStop while urging management to restructure the ailing brick-and-mortar.
  • He joined GameStop's board in January 2021 and his fortune surged that month after Reddit traders coordinated a massive surge in the stock's price.
  • The son of a teacher and a glassware importer, Cohen started his first business at the age of 15, collecting fees off referrals to e-commerce sites.
  • Cohen owns around seven million shares in the embattled Chinese tech firm Alibaba.
  • In 2022, Cohen bought?and then quickly sold?Bed Bath & Beyond stock for a $70 million profit.

Financial assets

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