“I had never even heard of Reddit until the stock started to rise. Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time. Donald Foss, bought 5 percent of GameStop last February for about US$12 million. He's known as one of the first to extend financing â often at steep interest rates â to customers with poor or no credit, a market that exploded in the wake of the Great Recession. People on Reddit - some of whom are probably professional insiders - are helping men like Donald Foss, who owns a half a billion dollars of GameStop; Foss is a billionaire who made his money from ⦠Another GameStop board member, Ryan Cohen, operates a fund with an almost 13 per cent stake in the company, which is currently worth $3bn (£2.2bn), while retired billionaire Donald Foss⦠âThe thing is itâs not the majority of those people and eventually a whole bunch of people lose money. âWe remain skeptical on the potential for a turnaround.â. It's a drama that has captured the attention of industry observers, prompted warnings of a bubble, and garnered scrutiny from the White House. At the time, that position cost ⦠The S&P 500 posted its worst session in three months, dropping 2.57%, and the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 634 points, or 2.05%, to close at 30,303. Donald Foss, a credit-lending billionaire and previously one of GameStop's biggest shareholders, sold off his entire stake in the company by the end of last year, a Friday regulatory filing showsâcashing in ⦠With Robinhood's users unable to trade any more shares of GameStop and ⦠Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, who pushed the gains higher yesterday after tweeting about buying calls, said on CNBC that he closed his GameStop position. The run-up has also boosted the wealth of Donald Foss, founder of subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance Corp., who owns a stake in GameStop worth about $1.1 billion. 3 weeks Billionaire Donald Foss Was One Of GameStopâs Biggest Shareholders But Cashed Out Before January Stock Surge, New Filing Shows Forbes . Goldman Sachs says topics likely to be explored will include the gamification of retail investing, the capitalization of broker-dealers and the mechanics of short-covering. In an emailed statement, David Kudla, founder, CEO, and chief investment strategist of Grand Blanc-based Mainstay Capital Management, LLC called the GameStop saga "fascinating.". BRIEF-Donald Foss Reports 5.3% Passive Stake In Gamestop Corp. March 9 (Reuters) - GameStop Corp: * DONALD FOSS REPORTS 5.3% PASSIVE STAKE IN GAMESTOP CORP AS ⦠He purchased more than 3.5 million shares in the company for about $12.5 million, when the stock was trading at under $4 per share. Donald Foss, a subprime-lending billionaire and previously one of GameStop's biggest shareholders, sold off his entire stake in the company by the end of last yearâcashing in on massive ⦠Executives of Reddit, online brokerage Robinhood and market-maker Citadel are all set to testify. Welcome to our new and improved comments, which are for subscribers only. Though still stunning, those gains are nothing compared to the 9,550% runup in prices by January 27, when GameStop shares closed at an eye-popping high of $347.51–leading to reports that Foss’ stake had surged to more than $1.2 billion. âIt really just goes to show the classic saying that markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent,â said Greg Taylor, chief investment officer at Purpose Investments, according to Bloomberg. by News February 14, 2021, 1:27 am 1.1k Views 0 Comments. This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you. (Forbes) Donald Foss, a subprime-lending billionaire and previously one of GameStop's biggest shareholders, sold off his entire stake in the company by the end of last year, a Friday regulatory filing ⦠You do not need a Facebook profile to participate. Donald Foss, the founder of subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance Corp., has reaped a similarly huge gain on his 3.5 million GameStop shares. GameStop’s Billionaire Investor Explains Why He First Bought The Stock—And Isn’t Buying More (Right Now) (Forbes), Meme Stocks Crash Again: GameStop Losses Hit $20 Billion In One Week As Reddit-Fueled Mania Subsides (Forbes), GameStop’s Massive Surge Creates A New Billionaire As Reddit Traders Bet Against Wall Street (Forbes), Read LaterAdd to FavouritesAdd to CollectionReport. Bloomberg and The Washington Post contributed to this report. Fidelity FMR is the top holder of GameStop shares. GameStop stock has plunged 85% since its peak, but had Foss held on to his 3.5 million shares, they’d still be worth about $183 million today–nearly three times their value on December 31. This represents 0.0 percent ownership of the company. //]]>. GameStop investor Donald Foss (left), the former CEO of a subprime auto lender, has seen his 5 percent stake in GameStop increase by about $800 million, and GameStop CEO George Shermanâs ⦠Donald Foss, the 76-year-old founder and former CEO of Credit Acceptance Corp, also invested in GameStop last year â but crucially, didnât short his stock â with a $12 million investment ⦠More: Robinhood restricts stock trading in GameStop, other cos. Closer to home, GameStop's movement has driven significantly higher the net worth of Donald Foss, the now-retired founder of Southfield-based subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance Corp. Foss took a 5.3% stake in GameStop in February 2020, according to federal regulatory filings, and has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the stock's climb. All rights reserved. Billionaire subprime auto lender Donald Foss now holds an $800 million stake and GameStop CEO George Sherman, over $500 million. GameStop board ⦠One of GameStopâs biggest shareholders is Donald Foss, a Michigan billionaire who made his fortune in subprime auto loans as CEO of Credit Acceptance Corp. As an investor, he ⦠Another example: clothing retailer Express Inc., which closed the day at $9.55 per share, up from just over $3 per share at Tuesday's close. !b.a.length)for(a+="&ci="+encodeURIComponent(b.a[0]),d=1;d
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