Karl Deeter

Last updated

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]

Contents

Biography

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]

Politics

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]

Ethics Officer of Renua

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]

Business

Deeter founded a financial technology firm called OnlineApplication in 2020, in 2024 they acquired MoneyAdvice [8] in order to offer a life broker solution to the market and the firm was sold to Software Circle, an AIM listed firm in August of 2025 in a deal with a value reported as being €9 million. [9] .

Journalism

In 2018 Deeter, alongside 3 others, was nominated for a Journalism award for the "Best political story". [10] 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. [11] He is also the co-author with Charlie Weston of a book on finance called This book is worth €25,000.

References

  1. ↑ "Karl Deeter's mortgage application company raises €1m". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Keenan, Mark (10 April 2015). "The world according to... Karl Deeter". The Irish Independent . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (23 August 2019). "Karl Deeter: Far Far Away review – Gorgeous and smart-shaped songs". The Irish Times . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Clayton-Lea, Tony (14 January 2018). "Playing by the numbers". The Times . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "FF ardfheis liveblog". Irish Times . 27 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 O'Connell, Hugh (13 March 2015). "Here's everything we know about Renua Ireland (and its policies)". TheJournal.ie . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  7. ↑ O'Connell, Hugh (3 July 2016). "Renua's ethics officer quits over Ganley loan". Business Post . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Brennan, Joe. "Karl Deeter-led OnlineApplication buys insurance tech firm Money Advice". The Irish Times . Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Brennan, Joe. "Karl Deeter-led mortgage and insurance fintech sold to UK plc in up to €9m deal". The Irish Times . Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Reilly, Jerome (18 November 2018). "Four Sunday Independent writers win journalism awards". Irish Independent . Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Revealed: Half of Ireland's TDs are millionaires... and here's how much they're worth". Irish Independent . 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2023.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.