Famed GameStop bull 'Roaring Kitty' is a Massachusetts financial adviser

A YouTube streamer who helped drive a surge in the shares of GameStop Corp is a 34-year-old financial adviser from Massachusetts and until recently worked for insurance giant MassMutual, public records and social media posts show.

Keith Patrick Gill is the person behind the Roaring Kitty YouTube streams which, along with a string of posts by Reddit user DeepF***ingValue, helped attract a flood of retail cash into GameStop, burning hedge funds who had bet against the company and roiling the broader market.

In his social media messages and videos, Gill repeatedly made the bull case for the beleaguered bricks-and-mortar retailer and shared images of his trading account profit on the stock, sparking a following of likeminded GameStop enthusiasts.

The saga has drawn the scrutiny of Congressional lawmakers, the White House, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is being probed by the New York Attorney General.

Reuters identified Gill as Roaring Kitty through a now dissolved New Hampshire-based company created by Gill, which shares the same name and email as his Roaring Kitty YouTube account, according to public records. The Daily Mail earlier on Thursday also identified Gill as both Roaring Kitty and DeepF***ingValue.

Gill did not respond to multiple calls and messages seeking comment. MassMutual said in a statement on Thursday that Gill was no longer working for the company. It did not immediately respond to other questions posed by Reuters.

On his YouTube stream, Gill says he shares his approach to investing to help set viewers on the right path to build their own investment process. “I don’t provide personal investment advice or stock recommendations during the stream,” he adds.

On Thursday evening, Kevin Gill - Gill’s brother according to an online school profile and public records - appeared to verify that Roaring Kitty and DeepF***ingValue are one and the same, pointing to the Daily Mail story in a Facebook post and adding: “Um yeah. So my brother is kinda famous now.”

Calls and an email to GameStop late Thursday were not answered. The company has so far not commented on the episode.

A married father, according to his YouTube videos, Gill is a Chartered Financial Analyst who had until recently created content for “In Good Company,” an initiative by MassMutual to “explore different ways to make financial education more accessible,” its website says.

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