Key Takeaways Shares of GameStop surged Monday after famed investor Michael Burry reportedly revealed a stake in a Substack newsletter. Burry, best known for predicting the 2008 crash, said he believes GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is raising cash to "make a big buy of a real growing cash cow business." An OG meme stock just got a vote of confidence from a famous investor. Michael Burry, the former founder and CEO of Scion Asset Management—who inspired the film and book "The Big Short" and is best known f ...