Diederich "Dirk" Gerhard Brandt, Ph.D. is a German-Lovian economist and entrepreneur. Born in Beaverwick, Kings to Russell Brandt and Leokadia Kirstein, Dirk Brandt was brought up in a moderately wealthy family and was well educated as an economist at the University of Pennsylvania. He ended up back in Lovia after working in New York City for Goldman Sachs, and then went on to lead LovOilCo for many years.