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The story behind Jake Freeman’s meme-stock bonanza | FT Due Diligence

Meme-stock mania has raised billions of dollars for companies at the centre of the craze, even if the windfall has done little to boost their performance. But, as the FT’s Antoine Gara explains, one meme-stock deal in particular stands out from the others. So just how did a 20-year-old student end up making more than $100mn?