Baiju Bhatt
Baiju Bhatt | |
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Born | Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt 1984/1985 (age 36–37)[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder, Robinhood |
Spouse(s) | Married |
Children | 1 |
Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt (born 1984/1985)[1] is an American billionaire entrepreneur[1][2] of Indian descent.[2][3][4] He is the co-founder, along with Vladimir Tenev, of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company.[1][2]
Early life[]
Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt, the son of Indian immigrants, grew up in Poquoson, Virginia.[5] He earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Stanford University where he also completed a master's degree in mathematics in 2008. He and Tenev met during Bhatt's time at Stanford.[6]
Career[]
In 2013, Bhatt co-founded the trading platform Robinhood with Tenev.[1] The idea stemmed from witnessing the issues in the financial industry during the 2011 protests of Occupy Wall Street.[7]
Following a funding run in May 2018 which increased Robinhood's valuation to $6 billion, Bhatt and Tenev became billionaires.[1][8]
As of August 2021, Forbes has estimated his net worth at US$2.4 billion.[9]
Awards and recognition[]
Bhatt spoke at Disrupt SF 2018 on investing where he announced plans to launch an IPO for Robinhood in 2019.[10] Robinhood went public in 2020.
Personal life[]
Bhatt is married, has one child, and lives in Palo Alto, California.[9]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Robinhood Founders Are Billionaires in Silicon Valley Minute". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Vix, Bill (2020). "20 Things You Didn't Know About Baiju Bhatt". moneyinc.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
- ^ BG Mahesh [@bgmahesh] (29 Dec 2017). "Wasn't aware the co-founder of @robinhoodapp, the most popular stock trading app in the US, @bprafulkumar was of Indian origin #Gujarat. They have scaled very well, kudos" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 29 January 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt". linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
- ^ "I'm Baiju Bhatt, Robinhood CEO, and This Is How I Work". lifehacker.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Cao, Sissi (September 10, 2018). "Robinhood CEO Opens Up About How He Convinced Tim Draper to Back His Crazy Idea". Observer. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Meet the 11 new tech billionaires that emerged in 2018". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Forbes profile: Baiju Bhatt". Forbes. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Constine, Josh. "Robinhood aims at IPO as the fintech startup seeks CFO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- Living people
- American company founders
- American billionaires
- Stanford University alumni
- 1980s births
- Robinhood (company)
- American people of Indian descent
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- People from Poquoson, Virginia