NASDAQ: HOOD · Menlo Park, California

Robinhood

The silicon-valley retail investing disrupter that popularized zero-commission trading, turning retail brokerage into a hyper-gamified mobile experience.

Founded 2013

By Baiju Bhatt, Vlad Tenev

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NASDAQ: HOOD

2013

The zero-commission mobile app counter-movement

Stanford roomies Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt built Robinhood with a radical promise: a beautiful mobile-first investing app with absolutely no trading commissions. By monetizing backend order routing via Payment for Order Flow (PFOF), they stripped out traditional industry fee models.

2021

The historic GameStop short squeeze and the collateral trading halts

The platform stood at the chaotic center of the retail-driven meme stock mania. Due to unprecedented volatility that triggered a massive multi-billion dollar margin call from the NSCC clearinghouse, Robinhood temporarily blocked users from purchasing GameStop and AMC stock, sparking intense congressional hearings.

2024

The Bitstamp acquisition and advanced crypto diversification

Seeking to scale its highly lucrative digital asset trading segments beyond North America, Robinhood executed a definitive $200 million cash acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange pioneer Bitstamp, accelerating its regulatory-compliant expansion into international crypto retail markets.

2026

The premium gold deposit capture and advisory product push

By mid-2026, Robinhood Markets, Inc. successfully diversified its operational revenue streams away from pure transactional volume volatility under CEO Vlad Tenev. The platform captured massive interest income inflows via its premium Robinhood Gold account tiers, offering industry-leading yields.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded Robinhood?

Robinhood was founded by Baiju Bhatt, Vlad Tenev.

When was Robinhood founded?

Robinhood was founded in 2013.

Where was Robinhood founded?

Robinhood was headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

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What does Robinhood do?

The silicon-valley retail investing disrupter that popularized zero-commission trading, turning retail brokerage into a hyper-gamified mobile experience. From democratizing retail investing with zero commissions to surviving the historic meme stock short squeeze, read the story of Robinhood.

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