Vladimir Tenev
| Vladimir Tenev | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1986/1987 (age 31–32)[1] Bulgaria |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Stanford University UCLA (dropped out) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder, Robinhood |
| Home town | Washington, D.C., US |
Vladimir Tenev (born 1986/1987) is an 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 a young boy.[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.[6][3]
Career
In 2013, Tenev and Bhatt co-founded the trading platform Robinhood.[1]
Following a founding run in May 2018 which increased Robinhood's valuation to $6 billion, Tenev and Bhatt became billionaires.[1][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "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.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Meet the 11 new tech billionaires that emerged in 2018". Retrieved 23 July 2018.