Karl Deeter is an American-Irish entrepreneur,[1] financial commentator, media pundit and business journalist based in Ireland, who regularly appears for outlets such as Today FM and the Business Post.[2] He is also a musician.[3][4]
Born 1975/1976[4] in Los Angeles in the United States, Deeter immigrated to Ireland aged 11 with his family.[2] He is the son of team Crossle racing manager Ken Deeter.
Deeter attended Gormanston College as a teenager before immigrating to Chicago in his early 20s. He returned to Ireland in his mid-20s and set up the company Irish Mortgage Brokers.[4]
In April 2013, Deeter was a guest speaker at that year's Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis.[5]
In April 2015, the Irish Independent described him as an "espouser of old-style liberal economic laissez-faire", although Deeter acknowledged the need for the state to intervene in instances of market failure.[2]
In the Spring of 2015, Deeter became the "Ethics Officer" of the newly created political party Renua, which had just split off from Fine Gael.[6] Although an official with the party, Deeter stated he was not a member of the party.[6] In June 2016 he resigned as Renua's Ethics Officer; Deeter quit after he "encountered obstacles" while investigating claims that businessman and founder of the conservative anti-EU party Libertas.eu Declan Ganley had loaned Renua money.[7]
In 2018 Deeter, alongside 3 others, was nominated for a Journalism award for the "Best political story".[8] The team had created a "political rich list" based on land registry records, public company records and political declarations to uncover and value the assets of Ireland's politicians.[9] He is also the co-author with Charlie Weston of a book on finance called 'This book is worth €25,000'.