Keith Gill

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Keith Patrick Gill
Born
Keith Patrick Gill

(1986-06-08) June 8, 1986 (age 38)
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • DeepFuckingValue
  • Roaring Kitty
Alma materStonehill College
Occupation(s)Former marketer and financial educator for MassMutual
Individual stock trader
Known forInvolvement in the GameStop short squeeze
Children1

Keith Patrick Gill[1] (born 8 June 1986) is an American financial marketer and educator[2] and individual investor known for his posts on the subreddits r/wallstreetbets and r/SuperStonk.[3][4] His analyses of GameStop stock (NYSE: GME) and details of his resulting investment gains—posted on Reddit under the username DeepFuckingValue (DFV) and on YouTube and Twitter as Roaring Kitty, were cited as a driving factor in the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021, and as a spark for the subsequent trading frenzy in retail stocks.[5][6] The rising stock value allowed Gill to turn an initial US$53,000 investment into $50 million by January 2021.[5] Between 2021–2024, Gill kept a low profile but continued to increase his GameStop ownership. As of June 2024, Gill owns 9 million Class A shares of Chewy, Inc valued at approximately $244 million as of close of business 01 November 2024.[7]

Gill's posts were described as "forthright, spreadsheet-laden content".[8] His Reddit username derives from the investing term deep value, as Gill claims to be a proponent of value investing.[9][10] Reuters revealed his identity to the public on January 28, 2021, after an investigation of public records and social-media posts.[3][9]

Gill gave testimony[11] as part of a virtual hearing held by the US House Financial Services Committee on February 18, 2021, as part of a discussion about when "short sellers, social media, and retail investors collide".[12] Gill testified he "did not solicit anyone to buy or sell the stock for [his] own profit."[1]

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  2. ^ Yahoo Finance (February 18, 2021). GameStop hearing: Keith Gill aka Roaring Kitty opening statement before Capitol Hill lawmakers. Retrieved July 1, 2024 – via YouTube.
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  7. ^ "13G Filing SEC". Retrieved November 3, 2024.
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  11. ^ Gill, Keith Patrick. Opening Statement Before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.
  12. ^ "Virtual Hearing - Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide". U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.