瑞安·柯恩
Ryan Cohen | |
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出生 | 1985/1986年(38—39歲)[1] 加拿大魁北克省蒙特婁 |
職業 |
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知名於 | Chewy 創始人兼執行長(2011-2018) GameStop 董事長(2021至今) |
瑞安·柯恩(Ryan Cohen) (生於1985年或1986年)是加拿大企業家和維權投資者。[2] [3]他於2011年創立了電子商務公司Chewy,並擔任該公司的執行長直至2018年。柯恩目前是GameStop的董事長。[4]
柯恩出生於蒙特婁的一個猶太家庭。[5] [6]他從未上過大學,他將經營一家玻璃器皿公司的父親作為他追求創業之路的主要靈感來源。[7]他的父親於2019年12月去世。 [6]
職業
15歲時,柯恩開始了其第一筆生意,透過向各種電子商務網站收取推薦費用。2011年,25歲時,柯恩以MrChewy的原名創立了Chewy。 [8]柯恩稱他選擇寵物類別的靈感來自於他為他的貴賓犬Tylee購物的經歷。 [9]他引用經營玻璃器皿進口業務的父親Ted作為導師。 [10] [11]柯恩說,由於需要資金,他最初接觸了100多家風險投資公司,但都被拒絕了。 [12] [13] 2013年,柯恩以1500萬美元從Volition Capital獲得了公司的第一筆外部投資。 [14]到2016年,他已經從貝萊德和普徠仕New Horizons Fund等投資者籌集了資金。 [15]那一年,該公司的銷售額為9億美元,並成為排名第一的在線寵物零售商。 [16]到2017年,他籌集了3.5億美元,並正在為首次公開募股(IPO)做準備。 [17]
2017年4月,PetSmart以33.5億美元的價格收購了Chewy,這是有史以來最大的電子商務收購案。 [17]那一年,《財富》雜誌將柯恩評為「40位40歲以下精英」 [18]之一,Vox也將他列入Recode 100名單。 [19]柯恩在收購後仍擔任執行長,主要作為PetSmart的獨立部門運營該業務。 [16]2018年,他的業務成長到 35 億美元的所得[17],之後辭去執行長一職,以追求個人目標並與家人共度時光。 [20]2019年6月,Chewy以87億美元的估價上市。 [21]
2021年1月,柯恩與兩名Chewy高階主管一起加入了GameStop董事會。柯恩還被任命為董事長,領導一個負責全公司轉型的新委員會。 [22]柯恩的任命引發了股市反彈;兩周內,該股上漲了1,500%。 [23]從那時起,柯恩在GameStop的多項變革中發揮了重要作用, [24]包括致多名高階主管和十名董事會成員的離職, [22]以及聘請亞馬遜和Chewy的多名高階主管擔任領導職務。 [25]年度股東大會後,他成為董事長。 [4] [26]
投資
於出售Chewy之後,柯恩對Apple進行了大量投資,使他成為這家科技公司最大的個人股東,擁有155萬股(截至2020年8月31日,拆分調整後的股票為620萬股)。 [2] [27]
2020年9月,柯恩披露了GameStop近10%的股份, [28]使他成為該公司最大的個人投資者。後來通過向美國證券交易委員會提交的修訂後的13D文件,這一比例在2020年12月17日增加到 12.9%。 [29]根據這些文件,柯恩的公司RC Ventures表示願意更多地參與公司,以「為所有股東創造最好的結果。」 [30]
2022年3月,據披露,柯恩透過其投資公司RC Ventures LLC持有Bed Bath & Beyond近 10%的股份。[31] 8月15日至18日期間,他的公司出售了所有股票,共計945萬股。 [32]利潤估計為6800萬美元。 [32]
司法訴訟
柯恩於2022年8月24日在聯邦訴訟中被點名,罪名是涉嫌欺詐計劃,人為抬高 Bed Bath & Beyond公開交易股票的價格。該訴訟指控柯恩與公司財務長Gustavo Arnal密謀發布「欺詐性和誤導性的美國證券交易委員會文件」。它在集體訴訟中要求賠償12億美元。 [33] [34]
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