Baiju Bhatt
Baiju Bhatt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt 1984 or 1985 (age 39–40)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder, Robinhood |
Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt (born 1984/1985) is an American billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder, along with Vladimir Tenev, of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company.
Early life
Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt, the son of Indian immigrants, 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.[1][2][3]
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.[4]
Following a funding run in May 2018 which increased Robinhood's valuation to $6 billion, Bhatt and Tenev became billionaires.[1][5]
Awards and recognition
Bhatt spoke at Disrupt SF 2018 on investing where he announced plans to launch an IPO for Robinhood in 2019.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Robinhood Founders Are Billionaires in Silicon Valley Minute". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt - Co-Founder and Co-CEO @ Robinhood - Crunchbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Constine, Josh. "Robinhood aims at IPO as the fintech startup seeks CFO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 January 2019.