Roaring Kitty’s Net Worth Includes More Than Just GameStop Stock

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Roaring Kitty, the online name of former financial analyst Keith Gill, held a reported net worth of about $268 million as of June 13, 2024. Most of it was GameStop stock, but not all. His Reddit portfolio snapshot that day showed more than 9 million GameStop (GME) shares worth $262 million plus about $6.3 million in cash. A month later, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing showed he also owned a 6.6% stake in pet retailer Chewy (CHWY), a holding that sat outside the GameStop figure entirely.

Who Roaring Kitty is

Keith Patrick Gill is a Massachusetts investor who posted under two names during the GameStop saga. On YouTube and X he was Roaring Kitty, the name attached to his livestreams, in which he walked through his research and spreadsheets on screen. On Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum he was DeepFuckingValue, usually shortened to DFV. There he posted regular “GME YOLO” updates: screenshots of his brokerage account showing the size and value of his GameStop position.

Before the stock took off, Gill worked in financial education, a role he described during his congressional testimony in early 2021. His public case for GameStop was a value argument. He believed the market was pricing the video game retailer as a dying business when its balance sheet and potential turnaround justified a higher price. That thesis attracted a large following of retail investors who bought the stock alongside him.

How Keith Gill made his money from GameStop

Gill’s fortune came from buying a stock that was cheap and unpopular, then holding it through one of the most volatile runs in modern market history.

1. The 2019 purchase. He put about $53,000 into GameStop shares and call options in 2019, when the company was widely viewed as struggling.
2. The 2020 thesis goes public. Through 2020 he shared his reasoning on YouTube and Reddit and kept posting updates on his position as the price rose.
3. The January 2021 squeeze. GameStop was one of the most heavily shorted stocks on the market. As retail buyers piled in, short sellers rushed to cover, and the price soared. At the height of the surge, Gill’s position was worth about $48 million.
4. The hearings. In February 2021, Gill testified before the House Financial Services Committee about the trading frenzy. His prepared statement included the line “I like the stock.”
5. Stepping back. In June 2021 he went quiet and stopped posting publicly.
6. The 2024 return. He reappeared in May 2024, rebuilt a far larger GameStop position, and disclosed it publicly in June.

Going from $53,000 to $48 million is a gain of roughly 900 times the original stake. That multiple reflects a paper value at the peak, not a realized profit; what Gill actually banked depends on when and whether he sold, and on taxes.

The 2024 return and the $268 million snapshot

Gill’s comeback began on May 12, 2024, with a series of cryptic memes posted to his X account. They carried no direct investment advice, but GameStop shares surged anyway as traders read the posts as a signal and interest in meme stocks returned.

In June he made his position explicit. A June 2 Reddit post brought back his GME YOLO updates. On June 7, 2024, he held his first YouTube livestream in three years. He showed his E*Trade portfolio on screen and said his GameStop positions were his only investments. He also praised Ryan Cohen, GameStop’s chief executive.

The most widely cited net worth figure comes from his June 13, 2024 Reddit update:

Dividing $262 million by roughly 9 million shares implies a value of a little under $29 per share at the time of the snapshot. That per-share figure is derived from the two reported numbers and applies only to that date.

The Chewy stake: why his net worth is more than GameStop

The “more than just GameStop” part of the story arrived in July 2024. A Schedule 13G filing with the SEC showed that Gill owned a 6.6% stake in Chewy, the online pet products retailer. The filing reported the holding as 9 million shares.

A Schedule 13G is a beneficial ownership report. Under U.S. securities rules, an investor who crosses 5% ownership of a class of a public company’s registered shares must disclose it, and the 13G is the shorter form used by investors who do not intend to influence or control the company. The filing made Gill’s position a matter of public record rather than a screenshot.

The Chewy connection is not random. Ryan Cohen, the billionaire who is now GameStop’s CEO, founded Chewy before he became involved with GameStop. Gill’s public admiration for Cohen gave the Chewy purchase an obvious link to his GameStop thesis.

The stake also complicates the June statement that GameStop was his only investment. Both things were reported accurately at the time: the livestream showed a portfolio of GameStop positions in June, and the filing showed Chewy shares in July. Read together, they suggest his holdings changed between those dates or that the Chewy stake was held separately. The value of the Chewy stake depends entirely on Chewy’s share price, so any net worth figure that leaves it out understates his known holdings.

Why Roaring Kitty’s net worth keeps changing

Net worth is assets minus liabilities. For most people, assets are spread across a home, retirement accounts, savings and a mix of investments. Gill’s known assets are unusual because they are concentrated in a small number of stock positions. When that is the case, net worth behaves less like a balance and more like a share price.

A hypothetical example of the math: take a holding of 9 million shares, the approximate size of both his reported GameStop and Chewy positions.

• If the stock rises $1, the position gains $9 million.
• If it falls $5, the position loses $45 million.
• A 20% drop on a $262 million position wipes out about $52 million.

These are illustrations of the mechanics, not predictions. They show why reported estimates of his wealth can differ widely depending on the date and share price behind them. GameStop in particular has a long record of sharp swings since 2021, so a figure that was accurate on June 13, 2024 could be far off weeks later.

Concentration cuts both ways. It is what turned a $53,000 bet into a $48 million paper fortune, and it is the reason the same fortune could shrink quickly. Most investors who want to build wealth spread their risk across many holdings instead; the steps for that path are covered in how to become a millionaire.

What the $268 million figure measures

The $268 million total is the value of a brokerage account on one day: GameStop stock plus cash. It is a good measure of his disclosed market exposure, but it is not a complete personal balance sheet. It does not account for taxes owed on gains, the value of personal property, or any debts, and it predates the Chewy filing. Treat it as the best-documented snapshot of his wealth rather than a final number.

Even as a snapshot, the figure places him well above typical high earners. For context on where income levels fall nationally, see how much income puts you in the top 1%.

“Dumb Money”: Roaring Kitty on screen

Gill’s story reached a mainstream audience in 2023, when Sony Pictures released Dumb Money. The film dramatizes his real-life role in the 2020 to 2021 GameStop craze, from his livestreams and Reddit posts to the squeeze and the congressional hearings that followed. It covers the first chapter of the saga; his 2024 return and the Chewy stake came after its release.

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The Bottom Line

For readers tracking Roaring Kitty, the $268 million figure is a dated snapshot of one brokerage account, GameStop shares plus cash, and it leaves out the Chewy stake, taxes and any debts. Because Keith Gill's known wealth sits in one or two stocks, any estimate depends on the date and share price behind it. Investors weighing his path should see that the same concentration that built his fortune can shrink it just as fast.