Keith Gill

Keith Patrick Gill[1] (born June 8, 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.

[24] Gill was once a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder,[3] but he no longer appears in the CFAI member directory.

"[3] During the first days of the valuation spike in late January 2021, hundreds of thousands of people downloaded investment apps like Robinhood to "join the action".

[9] In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Gill said he "wasn't a rabble-rouser out to take on the establishment, just someone who believes investors can find value in unloved stocks.

[27] A week earlier, Galvin had called for a 30-day suspension of trading in GameStop securities and insisted that the share price was "irrational".

"[23] In September 2021, MassMutual was fined $4 million by Massachusetts regulators for failing to supervise Gill's trading and online activity.

[36][37][38] In October 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission released a 45-page report that acknowledged that "People may disagree about the prospects of GameStop and the other meme stocks" and did not indicate that any market manipulation had occurred.

On the same day, The Wall Street Journal reported that "E*Trade is considering telling Gill that he can no longer use its platform after growing concerned about potential stock manipulation.

On June 11, 2024, GameStop announced it completed an at-the-market equity offering of 75 million shares, raising $2.14 billion in cash amid the trading frenzy.

On June 27, 2024, Gill posted a photo of a cartoon dog on his X account and Chewy shares began rising.

Reuters reported that the filing raised concerns among Chewy's executives about the possibility that shareholding asset managers might be deterred by the stock's increased volatility.