A GameStop stock winner wants a seat on JetBlue

One of the lucky winners of GameStop meme stock madness is looking for a leadership position with one of America’s largest airlines. Bloomberg reports that Vladimir Galkin had discussions with the carrier about being able to join his executives, though he downplayed the conversations.

Having Galkin on board in a more formal capacity would not be surprising. One filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Last week, JetBlue said he and his wife Angelica Galkin had acquired 10 percent of its stock. The filing said the pair spent $213 million to do so.

Vladimir Galkin told Bloomberg he has “no idea” if he wants to join JetBlue’s board. If they joined, they would have an investor company with a pair of directors installed by Carl Icahnwhich revealed his own considerable stake in the airline in February.

Icahn is well known as an activist investorand when he bought JetBlue he told regulators he did so because he thought the airline was “undervalued” even after a judge blocked the proposed merger with Spirit Airlines. Vladimir Galkin, on the other hand, only told regulators that he believes JetBlue “represents an attractive investment.”

JetBlue did not immediately return a request for comment.