Founder Profile
Vlad Tenev
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Vlad Tenev?
Vlad Tenev is a founder of Robinhood Markets, Inc., which was founded in 2013 with Baiju Bhatt.
- Company founded
- Robinhood Markets, Inc.
- Founded
- 2013
- Co-founders
- Baiju Bhatt
Background
Vlad Tenev was born in Bulgaria, moved to the US as a child, and studied mathematics at Stanford before beginning graduate work at UCLA. With Baiju Bhatt he co-founded trading-technology businesses in New York before Robinhood.
Founding Story
Vlad Tenev co-founded Robinhood in 2013 and has been sole CEO since November 2020; he is also chairman. He led the company through the January 2021 GameStop trading restrictions, its July 2021 Nasdaq IPO, two rounds of layoffs in 2022, and the move to sustained profitability, with FY2025 net income of $1.883 billion.
Vlad Tenev was born in 1987. Education: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.