Keith Gill, the Redeemer known as “DeepF – kingValue”, who led an army of ordinary Joes to increase the cost of GameStop stocks, is all you would expect it to be.
The 34-year-old wears an orange samurai-esque band over her shoulder-length hair, loves cat T-shirts and operates a YouTube channel in the basement of Boston, behind an office full of used cups, assorted technological equipment, sports hats and cards. One.
But in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, the man who goes through “Roaring Kitty” on YouTube insisted that he is just a normal guy, although a nerd who has just become extremely rich.
“I didn’t expect that,” Gill, a father of two and the new king of Reddit WallStreetBets, told WSJ in an interview Friday.
“This story is much bigger than me.”
Gill, who until recently had a day job for a life insurance company, is the driving force behind the GameStop roller coaster that threw billions of dollars into the red and inflated a video game company. In short, destined for the Blockbuster infamy, far beyond the real value.
Gill, now a pseudo-celebrity who has attracted the attention of Congress, the Federal Reserve and probably even the Securities and Exchange Commission, has long been a supporter of unloved actions. He first invested $ 53,000 in GameStop in June 2019, when the stock was around $ 5 a share – a move people at the time called insane as the video game company faced online streaming.
But it held firm, and others boarded, leading the stock higher and higher and triggering one of the most dramatic short leaks in recent history – which actually worked. On Wednesday, Gill posted a screenshot of his brokerage account, which shows a daily gain of about $ 20 million on GameStop shares.
“Your firm hand has convinced many of us not only to buy, but to keep. Your example has literally changed the lives of thousands of ordinary people. Thank you very much. You deserve every penny “, replied a Reddit fan, reality_czech.
Jon Hagedorn, one of Gill’s many fans on the forum’s website, told the WSJ that the amateur investor “will fall like the greatest legend in WallStreetBets history.”
“He is the original OG,” he told reporters.
Gill insists that trading was just a hobby, and his plan was not to take down the unit or see his life turned upside down overnight, but he welcomes the sudden influx of cash.
“I’ve always wanted to build an indoor track facility or a country house in Brockton,” said the former runway star as he exited his hometown of Massachusetts.
“And now, it looks like I could actually.”