Bed Bath & Beyond Just Filed For Bankruptcy, 8 Months After an Activist Investor and College Student Made a Combined $180 Million on the Meme Stock

Bed Bath & Beyond Just Filed For Bankruptcy, 8 Months After an Activist Investor and College Student Made a Combined $180 Million on the Meme Stock

Ryan Cohen and Jake Freeman have been cemented as rare winners from the Bed Bath & Beyond saga. The meme-stock champion and college student cashed out roughly $180 million in combined profits from the homeware retailer’s stock in August – less than eight months before the company’s bankruptcy filing on Sunday. Cohen, Chewy’s cofounder and…