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Vlad Tenev

Robinhood
Menlo Park, United States
Vlad Tenev co-founded Robinhood in 2013 with Baiju Bhatt, democratizing investing by eliminating trading commissions. The platform grew to 23 million users, disrupting incumbents like E*TRADE and Charles Schwab. Tenev steered the company through the 2021 GameStop trading halt controversy and its IPO at a $32 billion valuation. He continues to push Robinhood into retirement accounts, credit cards, and international markets.
Fintech / Retail Investing

About Robinhood

Robinhood is a commission-free trading platform for stocks, ETFs, options, cryptocurrency, and retirement accounts. Known for introducing zero-commission trading to the mainstream retail investing market.

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