Baiju Bhatt | |
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.jpg) Bhatt in 2018 | |
| Born | Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt 1984/1985 (age 41ā42)[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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Bhatt spoke at Disrupt SF 2018 on investing where he announced plans to launch an IPO for Robinhood in 2019.[10]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Bhatt is married, has one child, and lives in Palo Alto, California.[9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Robinhood Founders Are Billionaires in Silicon Valley Minute". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ā 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vix, Bill (2020). "20 Things You Didn't Know About Baiju Bhatt". moneyinc.com. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ā 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) ā via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ā "Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt". linkedin.com. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ā "I'm Baiju Bhatt, Robinhood CEO, and This Is How I Work". lifehacker.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ā "Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ā 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.
- ā "Meet the 11 new tech billionaires that emerged in 2018". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ā 9.0 9.1 "Forbes profile: Baiju Bhatt". Forbes. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ā Constine, Josh. "Robinhood aims at IPO as the fintech startup seeks CFO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 January 2019.