Vlad Tenev (Part 1)

About this episode

Vlad Tenev discusses his journey as the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood and his vision for accessible investing.

Vlad Tenev is the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood. He launched the trading platform alongside Baiju Bhatt in 2013 with the goal of making investing more accessible through commission-free stock trading for everyday investors. Under his leadership, Robinhood expanded beyond equities into options, ETFs, cryptocurrency, banking products, and private market investing, and the company went public in July 2021. In addition to Robinhood, Tenev is the co-founder and executive chairman of Harmonic, an AI-driven platform focused on organizing and analyzing business and market data. ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: AGZ https://DrinkAG1.com/tetra ------ Squarespace https://Squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Athletic Nicotine https://www.AthleticNicotine.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Lectio 365 https://Lectio365.com ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

People in this episode

Host: Rick Rubin

Guest: Vlad Tenev

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• investing
• technology
• startups
• finance

Keywords

• Robinhood
• Vlad Tenev
• Baiju Bhatt
• investing
• AI-driven platform

Sponsors

AGZ, Squarespace, Athletic Nicotine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Robinhood, Harmonic, Lectio 365

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