Season 2 · Episode 19

How WallStreetBets Blew Up Wall Street | Jaime Rogozinski, Founder Of WSB

WallStreetBets became an impromptu financial force with millions of users fighting back against Wall Street, and their founder Jaime Rogozinski came on to share an inside look into the GameStop saga, one of the largest stories of 2021.

The Wolf Of All Streets

May 6, 20211h 3m

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Show Notes

About 10 years ago, a subreddit formed around a shared interest in volatile stocks and high-risk strategies. Claiming the name WallStreetBets, the community attracted millions of ambitious investors and traders, ready to stick it to Wall Street and beat them at their own game. This culminated in the now infamous GameStop gamma squeeze. Jaime Rogozinski, the founder of WSB, discusses the intimate details of the GameStop saga and his meteoric ascent to Hollywood in the aftermath.

Follow Jaime Rogozinski: https://twitter.com/wallstreetbets

This episode explores:

WallStreetBets internationally
Going long on GameStop
Meme stock traders
Robinhood warriors
Short squeezing Wall Street
The Roaring Kitty
Retail breaking the system
Finding Wall Street’s cheat code
The Coinbase listing
Arbitrage trading
Bringing the gamma squeeze to Hollywood

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