Vlad Tenev Bio | Wiki
Vlad Tenev is a Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and billionaire. He is the co-founder with Baiju Bhatt and CEO of Robinhood, a US-based financial technology services company. Vlad defended Robinhood’s decision to prevent users from buying stock or options in a variety of securities, notably GameStop, during the GameStop short squeeze.
The decision sparked widespread criticism from users of the app as well as politicians in both major American parties. On January 28, 2021, Robinhood was among a number of brokerages that halted users from buying stock or options in GameStop and the other heavily shorted securities.
Vlad Tenev Age
Vlad was born on February 13, 1987, in Varna, Bulgaria. He is 35 years old.
Vlad Tenev Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.70 m).
Vlad Tenev Family
He was born in Bulgaria to his parents. Vlad’s parents migrated to the United States when he was five. They both worked for the World Bank. He holds American and Bulgarian nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity.
Vlad Tenev Wife
Vlad is married to his beautiful wife Celina. The couple met when they were at Stanford University. Celina’s research was in tumor imaging (MRI) at the Department of Radiology. She is a Co-Founder of an emergency health service, Call9. Together, they share a baby girl called Nora.
Vlad Tenev Education
He attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia. Vlad earned a degree in mathematics from Stanford University, where he met Baiju Bhatt. He studied for a mathematics Ph.D. at UCLA but dropped out to work with Bhatt
Vlad Tenev And Baiju Bhatt
Vlad and Bhatt met at Stanford University. He studied for a mathematics Ph.D. at UCLA but dropped out to work with Bhatt. In 2010, they started a high-frequency trading software company called Celeris. By January 2011 they abandoned it to create Chronos Research, which sold low-latency software to other trading firms and banks. In 2013, Vlad and Bhatt co-founded the trading platform Robinhood.
Vlad Tenev Robinhood
Robinhood, a trading platform was co-founded in 2013 by Vlad and Bhatt. In 2015, Robinhood launched its mobile app to the public. Following a funding round in May 2018 which increased Robinhood’s valuation to $6 billion, Vlad and Bhatt became billionaires.
In November 2020, Vlad became the sole CEO of Robinhood, having previously shared the co-CEO title with Bhatt. In July 2021, Robinhood went public at a $32 billion valuation. On January 28, 2021, Robinhood was among a number of brokerages that halted users from buying stock or options in GameStop and the other heavily shorted securities. I
n its July 1, 2021, S-1 filing with the SEC, Robinhood disclosed that the US Attorney’s Office had executed a search warrant for Vlad’s cell phone as part of a probe into the GameStop short squeeze.
Vlad Tenev Shiba Inu
In April 2022 after six months of aggressive lobbying by its members, Robinhood finally listed the Shiba Inu cryptocurrency for trading. And the crypto is soaring as a result. The launch of the meme coin was part of a larger expansion of the trading app’s crypto offerings. Shiba Inu is listed on 99 different trading platforms around the world and all top exchanges allow their users to trade SHIB.
Vlad Tenev Forbes
On January 19, 2022, Forbes staff writer Sergei Klebnikov published an article stating that
Robinhood cofounders Vlad and Baiju Bhatt are no longer billionaires. This is according to Forbes’ calculations, as shares of their popular stock trading app continue to move lower in recent months and have now lost half their value since the company went public last year.
Vlad Tenev Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Vlad’s estimated net worth is $650 million.
Who Is Vlad Tenev
Vlad is a Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and billionaire. He is the co-founder with Baiju Bhatt and CEO of Robinhood, a US-based financial technology services company. Vlad defended Robinhood’s decision to prevent users from buying stock or options in a variety of securities, notably GameStop, during the GameStop short squeeze.