Profil Financier
Baiju Bhatt occupe actuellement le rang #553 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur finance & investissement). Fortune nette estimée : $7.3 B (-$160 sur 24h).
Baiju Bhatt cofounded no-fee stock trading app Robinhood in 2013 with his friend Vlad Tenev.
Bhatt was co-CEO of Robinhood until late 2020, then chief creative officer before stepping down in 2024. He remains a board member.
Since its launch, Robinhood's no-commission trading model has revolutionized the brokerage industry.
Robinhood went public on the Nasdaq exchange in 2021 at a $32 billion valuation.
Bhatt owns around 6% of the company.
In 2024, Bhatt founded Aetherflux, now known as Cowboy Space Corporation, to develop solar-powered orbital data centers. The company raised $275 million in May 2026 at a $2 billion valuation.
In late 2020, Robinhood agreed to pay $65 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges of deceiving customers about its revenue source.
Bhatt's parents emigrated from India to the U.S., where he was born and raised; He met Tenev at Stanford University.