Editing GameStop (section)

====Management changes====

Daniel DeMatteo replaced Richard Fontaine as GameStop CEO in August 2008. DeMatteo had served as company COO since 1996. Fontaine, who had been GameStop chairman and CEO since 1996, remained the company's chairman.<ref name="remains">{{cite news |date=August 29, 2008 |title=Gamestop names new CEO, Fontaine remains chairman |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/gamestop-management/gamestop-names-new-ceo-fontaine-remains-chairman-idUSWNAB872220080829}}</ref> [[J. Paul Raines]], formerly executive vice president of [[Home Depot]], became company COO in September.<ref name="remains" /> [[J. Paul Raines]] became GameStop CEO in June 2010.<ref name="illness">{{cite news |last=Kezar |first=Korri |date=November 14, 2017 |title=GameStop names interim leader as CEO is treated for illness |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/11/14/gamestop-names-interim-leader-as-ceo-is-treated.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Halkias |first=Maria |date=March 5, 2018 |title=Former GameStop CEO Paul Raines, known for his personable leadership style, dies at 53 |work=[[Dallas Morning News]] |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2018/03/05/former-gamestop-ceo-paul-raines-known-for-his-personable-leadership-style-dies-at-53/}}</ref> He replaced Daniel DeMatteo who was named executive chairman of the company.<ref name="illness" /> Under his leadership, in 2012, GameStop's digital revenue grew from $190 million in 2011 to more than $600 million in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=HEID |first=JASON |title=Breakfast With: J. Paul Raines of GameStop |website=[[D Magazine]] |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2013/january-february/breakfast-with-j-paul-raines-of-gamestop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124102252/https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2013/january-february/breakfast-with-j-paul-raines-of-gamestop/ |archive-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref>