Vlad Tenev
Vladimir Tenev | |
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_(2).jpg) Vladimir Tenev speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 | |
| Born | 1986 or 1987 (age 37–38)[1] Bulgaria |
| Nationality | American, Bulgarian |
| Education | Stanford University UCLA (dropped out) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder, Robinhood |
Vladimir Tenev (born 1986/1987) (Bulgarian: Владимир Тенев) is a Bulgarian American billionaire entrepreneur, and the co-founder (with Baiju Bhatt) of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company.
Early life
Tenev was born in Bulgaria, and his parents migrated to the US when he was 5.[2] His parents both worked for the World Bank,[3] and he grew up in Washington, D.C[4] and attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.[5]
He earned a degree in mathematics from Stanford University, where he met Baiju Bhatt.[1] He studied for a mathematics PhD at UCLA, but dropped out to work with Bhatt.[3][6]
Career
In 2010, Tenev and Bhatt started a high-frequency trading company called Celeris. By January 2011 they abandoned it to create Chronos Research, which sold low-latency software to other trading firms and banks.[7]
In 2013, Tenev and Bhatt co-founded the trading platform Robinhood.[1]
Following a funding round in May 2018 which increased Robinhood's valuation to $6 billion, Tenev and Bhatt became billionaires.[1][8]
Awards and recognition
Tenev was included in a Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2013.[9] He was invited to be the keynote speaker at UCLA's 2019 Math Commencement Ceremony.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d "Robinhood Founders Are Billionaires in Silicon Valley Minute". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "The founders of Robinhood, a no-fee stock-trading app, were initially rejected by 75 venture capitalists — now their startup is worth $1.3 billion". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Vlad Tenev, 28". Forbes. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Team, Glogster. "Vlad Tenev: biographies, en, leisure, personal, science, scientific, software, tenev, trading, vlad - Glogster EDU - Interactive multimedia posters". edu.glogster.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Thomas Jefferson HS. "Thomas Jefferson HS". Twitter.
- ^ Ongchoco, David (12 August 2015). "Startup Insider: The Story Behind Stock Trading App Robinhood and Its One Million-Person Waitlist". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Win the Stock Market with Crowd Sourced Advice from New App Robinhood".
- ^ "Meet the 11 new tech billionaires that emerged in 2018". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Vardi, Nathan (January 4, 2016). "30 Under 30 Finance: The Top Young Traders, Bankers And Dealmakers". Forbes. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "2019 Math Commencement Keynote Speaker: Vladimir Tenev". UCLA. Retrieved 7 April 2020.