GameStop's Ryan Cohen Wants to Dust Off eBay with $56 Billion - Moby THE GIST A dying videogame retailer is planning a hostile takeover of the internet's oldest marketplace. GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen has made an unsolicited $56 billion offer to acquire eBay and turn it into the next Amazon. Remember when Amazon started out as "the next eBay?" WHAT HAPPENED Ryan Cohen has $9 billion in cash and $20 billion in TD Bank financing, but instead of investing it in the next moonshot, he wants to dust off an old ...