Looks like Mets owner Steve Cohen has given up on Twitter.
The Mets owner showed up delete his account on Friday night – observed for the first time around 21:20 – after a very active and rocky week on the social platform, with the billionaire hedge fund in the middle of the GameStop stock market chaos.
Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management and other Citadel hedge funds, led by billionaire Ken Griffin, reportedly invested $ 2.75 billion in Melvin Capital Management, which was crushed after a brief attempt to tighten GameStop shares. Melvin is led by Cohen’s former protégé, Gabe Plotkin. Cohen’s net worth is estimated at $ 14.6 billion,
“Tough crowds on Twitter tonight,” Cohen wrote on Twitter on Wednesday night. “Hey, stock jockeys keep bringing them.”
On Thursday, Cohen entered a back-and-forth Twitter with Dave Portnoy after Barstool Sports founder attacked the Mets owner for restrictions on trading apps like Robinhood, which hurt start-up investors behind capitalizing on GameStop.
“Hey Dave, that’s your beef with me,” Cohen tweeted. “I’m just trying to make a living just like you. I’m glad to take this offline.”
The two seemed to find mutual respect in the end, while Portnoy wrote on Twitter: “At least you talk and try to answer. That is appreciated. ”
Portnoy seemed to have the pleasure of deleting his Cohen account, replying to a news tweet with an emoji of a smiling face in sunglasses.
Cohen’s tweets about the GameStop situation weren’t very good for WFAN host Boomer Esiason this morning. The former NFL defender downloaded “Boomer and Gio Show” on Friday, saying he would stop going to games “until I find out exactly what’s going on here” with Cohen’s involvement.
“Hey, I don’t want to hear that from you, you know what I mean?” Esiason said. “You are a billionaire with hedge funds. Just keep your mouth shut. The other thing is that he pulled out another one: “Hey jockeys, keep bringing them.” So he portrays the Reddit WallStreetBets people as “stock jockeys” and takes pictures of them as if they know what’s going on because he’s sitting in this seat of the hedge fund that makes all these decisions.
“I hate it. That’s why I told you this morning, when I walked in, I said, ‘You know what? I swear to God I’m not going to another Met game until I find out exactly what’s going on here. In fact , that makes my stomach sick. ”
Cohen interacted with Mets fans on Twitter, received suggestions and teased a return of the black T-shirts, becoming part of the new owner’s charm. This seems to be waiting for the moment. WFAN host and Mets fan Evan Roberts found some humor when Cohen closed his account.
“Not even a brutal increase in the 9th half would have removed Steve Cohen from Twitter!” Roberts posted on Twitter.