Founder Profile
Baiju Bhatt
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Baiju Bhatt?
Baiju Bhatt is a founder of Robinhood Markets, Inc., which was founded in 2013 with Vlad Tenev.
- Company founded
- Robinhood Markets, Inc.
- Founded
- 2013
- Co-founders
- Vlad Tenev
Background
Baiju Bhatt, the son of Indian immigrants, studied physics and mathematics at Stanford, where he met Vlad Tenev. The pair built trading software in New York before launching Robinhood.
Founding Story
Baiju Bhatt co-founded Robinhood in 2013 and was co-CEO with Vlad Tenev until November 2020, when he became Chief Creative Officer and focused on product and design. He stepped back from that executive role in 2024 to start Aetherflux, a space-based solar power company, while remaining on Robinhood's board.
Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt was born in 1984 or 1985. He was co-chief executive of Robinhood and later founded Cowboy Space Corporation.