GameStop just made its third hire from Amazon as the game retailer continues poaching new executives from the tech giant
- GameStop is reshaping its executive suite around former Amazon leaders.
- The company's latest hire is Elliott Wilke, who will serve as chief growth officer at GameStop.
- Chewy cofounder and former CEO Ryan Cohen is leading a committee overseeing the changes at GameStop.
Yet another former Amazon leader is joining GameStop's rapidly changing C-suite: Elliott Wilke will serve as the company's new chief growth officer starting in April.
Wilke, who oversaw a variety of initiatives at Amazon, joins former Amazon fulfillment director Jenna Owens (COO) and former Amazon Web Services engineering lead Matt Francis (CTO) on GameStop's executive team.
The executive shakeup at the ailing video game retailer comes amid a company-wide "transformation" overseen by board member and activist investor Ryan Cohen.
After taking a 12.9% stake last year through his investment firm RC Ventures, Cohen has made major changes at GameStop. First, he oversaw a string of C-suite departures and hirings. Then, he was appointed leader of a new committee overseeing a company-wide "transformation."
That transformation has led to major changes in the company's executive suite and its board.
CEO George Sherman is the only remaining board member from before Cohen got involved with the company. Jim Bell, the company's CFO, is said to have been pushed to resign by the company's board. Soon after, CCO Frank Hamlin resigned.
Similarly, the board has seen major changes - Cohen and two of his former colleagues from Chewy, the company he cofounded and ran, occupy three of the board's five seats.
Alongside the hiring of Wilke, GameStop announced two additional hires from Cohen's former company: The former Chewy VPs of merchandising, Tom Petersen, and marketing, Andrea Wolfe, are joining GameStop in similar roles.
Cohen himself has kept quiet across the last several months, but he's taken to Twitter to share GIFs and images. His most recent tweet is a GIF from the movie "Ted," of the titular character smoking a bong. On the most recent GameStop earnings call, Cohen did not appear.
Representatives for Cohen did not respond to requests for comment as of publishing.
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