Vlad Tenev is the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood. He launched the trading platform alongside Baiju Bhatt in 2013 with the goal of making investing more accessible through commission-free stock trading for everyday investors. Under his leadership, Robinhood expanded beyond equities into options, ETFs, cryptocurrency, banking products, and private market investing, and the company went public in July 2021. In addition to Robinhood, Tenev is the co-founder and executive chairman of Harmonic, an AI-driven platform focused on organizing and analyzing business and market data.
0:00 Vlad Tenev
0:23 Harmonic: Building Mathematical Superintelligence
9:19 AI Doomerism and Why Vlad Is Optimistic
13:14 Growing Up in Bulgaria
18:25 Arriving in America at 5 With No English
28:47 How Being a Mathematician Shapes His Worldview
45:05 The Full GameStop Story
1:01:18 The $3 Billion Overnight Capital Call
1:16:40 Note-Taking, Journaling, and Vibe Coding
1:20:06 Decisions Everyone Doubted That Paid Off
1:24:55 What He Believes Now That He Didn’t Before
