Who is Roaring Kitty, the 2021 GameStop stock booster, and why did he suddenly return?

The man who helped fuel a “meme stock” craze during the COVID pandemic has returned online for the first time in three years - but his background and popularity remain a mystery to many.

RoaringKitty, aka DeepF***ingValue, aka Keith Gill, power to influence the market remains today. His first social media postings in years caused stocks to rise yet again.

It seems like a lifetime ago, but Mr Gill is credited with kicking off the 2020-2021 GameStop stock spike that shocked and bewildered the investment world during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

He became such a central figure in the meme stock movement that he eventually was called to testify before Congress about his role in the short sale battle that massively inflated the stock price of a struggling brick-and-mortar video game retailer.

Here is a look at the man behind the craze and his massive influence