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Who Were The Biggest Winners Of The Reddit/ GameStop Day Trading Frenzy?
There are two interesting characters that have been overlooked in the press. Richard Mashaal and Brian Gonick are two middle-aged, mild-mannered Canadian men who run a hedge fund in New York with money seeded by one of the guy’s money-management dads. Mashaal and Gonick bought shares in GameStop—paying under $10 a share. Beyond their wildest dreams, the social media hype machine, catching the attention of investors, traders and curious lurkers, helped push the stock to over $400 per share. The duo earned a whopping $700 million payday on their investment!
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