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Assertion Partly supported
A Take-Two Competitor Once Faced 500 Sexual Harassment Claims
“So one of our competitors at one point had 500 sexual harassment claims at their company.”
Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 1:04:17 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick
Assertion Supported
ZMC Executed a Hostile Takeover of Take-Two Without Personal Capital
“The way we did this deal has never happened before, and I'm pretty certain it will never happen again, because we essentially did a hostile takeover with no money.”
Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 0:28 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick
Assertion Contradicted
BMG Sold Its Take-Two Stake for $14M Right Before GTA Released
“So we sell the stock in the open market for, wait for it, fourteen million dollars. So a month later, this public company launches the first property that we had completed into the market.”
Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 35:33 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick
Assertion Supported
Zelnick Won an 88% Shareholder Vote to Take Over Take-Two
“The general counsel comes into the meeting room that we're in, and he says, well, we don't have the final vote, but we have a provisional vote. You have 88%. He said, so will you accept that, or do you want us to keep counting? I said, we'll accept that. And t…”
Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 54:38 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick
Assertion Contradicted
Take-Two Acquired BMG Interactive for 20% Equity Worth $20M
“It's a little tiny public company with a, I want to say roughly a hundred million dollar market cap, and they agree to give us 20% of their company in stock for the business, such as it was. So, twenty million dollars.”
Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 34:53 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick
Assertion Partly supported
Take-Two Had $700M Revenue and $50M Cash in 2007
“About 700 in revenue, and losing loads of money, and no debt, thankfully, and about 50 in cash.”
Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 47:43 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick
Assertion Contradicted
Take-Two Historically Lost Money Three Out of Every Four Years
“When GTA released, the company would have a meaningful profit, like, a hundred or so a year, but it only released every four years. They lost money the rest of the time.”
Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 59:05 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick
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