GameStop Tried to Buy eBay for $56 Billion — Here’s Why

Описание: GameStop was supposed to be a dying retail story.

Store closures. Falling revenue. A business slowly fading out of relevance.

Then something unexpected happened.

The company announced a $35 billion compensation structure tied to one condition — transform GameStop into a $100 billion business.

Months later, it attempted something almost no one saw coming:
a $56 billion bid for eBay.

A shrinking video game retailer trying to acquire one of the largest online marketplaces in the world.

This video breaks down how that happened — step by step.

From the structure of Ryan Cohen’s compensation package, to the store closures that quietly reshaped GameStop’s balance sheet, to the timeline of acquisitions and financing moves that led to the eBay offer.

And more importantly — whether this is strategy… or something far more unstable hidden inside a perfectly engineered incentive system.

Because on paper, the math works.

In reality, almost nothing about it should.