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Markiplier Just Became GoPro’s Largest Shareholder – And the Stock Jumped 46%

An SEC filing shows he quietly built an 8.5% stake worth roughly $9 million while GoPro's board was shopping the company around. The more interesting question is what a creator-turned-filmmaker actually wants with a camera maker fighting for survival.

Markiplier Just Became GoPro’s Largest Shareholder – And the Stock Jumped 46%

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An SEC filing shows he quietly built an 8.5% stake worth roughly $9 million while GoPro's board was shopping the company around.

The more interesting question is what a creator-turned-filmmaker actually wants with a camera maker fighting for survival.

A Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on August 20 discloses that Fischbach holds 13.5 million GoPro Class A shares, an 8.5% position […]

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An SEC filing shows he quietly built an 8.5% stake worth roughly $9 million while GoPro's board was shopping the company around. The more interesting question is what a creator-turned-filmmaker actually wants with a camera maker fighting for survival. A Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on August 20 discloses that Fischbach holds 13.5 million GoPro Class A shares, an 8.5% position […]

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GoPro's difficult year has taken a turn nobody saw coming: Sunday, the stock jumped 46% in a single day.

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