Baiju Bhatt | |
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Born | Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt 1984 or 1985 (age 38–39)[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder, Robinhood |
Spouse | Adrienne Sussman[2] |
Children | 1 |
Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt (born 1984/1985)[1] is an American entrepreneur[1][3] of Indian descent.[3] He is the chief creative officer and co-founder, along with Vladimir Tenev, of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company.[1][3][4]
Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt, the son of Indian immigrants, grew up in Poquoson, Virginia.[5] He earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Stanford University, where he also completed a master's degree in mathematics in 2008. He and Tenev met during Bhatt's time at Stanford.[6]
In 2013, Bhatt co-founded the trading platform Robinhood with Tenev.[1] The idea stemmed from witnessing the issues in the financial industry during the 2011 protests of Occupy Wall Street.[7] In 2015, Robinhood launched a mobile app.[8]
Following a funding round in May 2018 which increased Robinhood's valuation to $6 billion, Bhatt and Tenev became billionaires.[1][9]
As of August 2021, Forbes has estimated his net worth at US$2.4 billion.[10]
Bhatt spoke at Disrupt SF 2018 on investing where he announced plans to launch an IPO for Robinhood in 2019.[11] Bhatt made the Goldhouse 100 most impactful Asians in 2021.[12] Bhatt appeared in a Fast Company list, "Most Creative People", in 2017, and a Forbes "30 Under 30" list in 2016.[13][14]
Bhatt is married to Adrienne Sussman.[2] They have one child, and lives in Palo Alto, California.[2][10]
Bhatt is portrayed by Rushi Kota in the 2023 film Dumb Money, a drama about the GameStop short squeeze.[15]