GameStop Poaches 2 More Amazon Execs to Fill CEO, CFO Roles

GameStop (NYSE: GME) continues to pack the C-suite with former Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) executives as it builds out a path to become the "Amazon of gaming," this time adding Matt Furlong as its new CEO and Mike Recupero as CFO.

That brings to five the number of executives the video game retailer has poached from the e-commerce behemoth. Previously it added Jenna Owens as chief operating officer, Matt Francis as chief technology officer (a new position for GameStop), and Elliott Wilke as chief growth officer.

Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen, who has led the massive overhaul of the video game company, is overseeing e-commerce and was formally appointed chairman of the board of directors on Wednesday.

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