RTR: Investor Ryan Cohen builds Alibaba stake, pushes for more share buybacks

REUTERS reports:

Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has built a stake in China’s Alibaba Group (9988.HK) worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is pushing the e-commerce giant to increase and speed up share buybacks, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Cohen, who built his fortune by co-founding online pet retailer Chewy Inc (CHWY.N) and cemented it with investments in videogame retailer GameStop (GME.N) and Apple Inc (AAPL.O), reached out to Alibaba ...