Co-Founder at Robinhood, Vlad is a graduate of Stanford University and UCLA. Tenev dropped out of UCLA's Ph.D. program to build high-end tech trading platforms for big banks and investment firms. Eventually Tenev and his friend Baiju turned their direction towards the average market and Robinhood was born. Robinhood is nominated for a Techy from TechCrunch for the best startup and best app. Tenev was added to the List of Forbes' 30 Under 30 Finance 2016.