GameStop leaps as investor known as ‘Roaring Kitty’ indicates he holds a large position in the stock

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
AP Business Writer

Shares of GameStop have soared following speculation that the man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze owns a large number of shares of the video game retailer that may be worth millions. Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty” on social media platforms YouTube and X, also goes by the name Deep F- – – – – – Value on Reddit. Late Sunday the Reddit account shared a screenshot in the r/SuperStonk forum that showed Gill may hold 5 million shares of GameStop that were worth $115.7 million as of Friday. GameStock’s volatile stock ended the day with a 21% gain after earlier being up as much as 75%.