YouTube star Mark Fischbach, aka “Markiplier,” just became the largest single shareholder in GoPro with an 8.5% stake, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
GoPro is not doing well. Or at least it was not doing well. The company’s auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, recently said it had “substantial doubt” about GoPro’s future. When news broke that Markiplier had taken a huge stake in the company, the stock soared, ending the day up more than 46%.
Markiplier told Bloomberg that he was making the investment because he loves GoPro cameras and wants the company to succeed.
“I saw the stock and where it was, I was like that seems undervalued,” Markiplier told…
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