Vlad Tenev
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Vlad Tenev

United States 39 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Stock trading app
Residence
Palo Alto, California
Organization
Cofounder(s) at Robinhood Markets
Education
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
1

Assets

  • Robinhood
    55,282,210 shares @ -
    -
    HOOD-US

Biography

Vlad Tenev is CEO of stock trading app Robinhood Markets, which he founded in 2013 with his friend Baiju Bhatt.

Since its launch, Robinhood's no-commission trading model has revolutionized the brokerage industry.

In 2021, Robinhood went public on the Nasdaq exchange at a $32 billion valuation.

Tenev owns more than 6% of the company.

The son of two World Bank staffers, Tenev was born in Bulgaria and grew up in Washington, D.C.

About

In December 2020, Robinhood agreed to pay $65 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges of deceiving customers about its revenue sources.

Tenev met his cofounder Baiju Bhatt while the two were undergraduates at Stanford University.