Baiju Bhatt
Baiju Bhatt is a trailblazing innovator and Co-Founder of Robinhood, the commission free stock trading and investing application. In 2013, he co-founded Robinhood with Vlad Tenev to democratize investing. Until 2020, he served alongside Vlad as Robinhood's Co-CEO and Co-President. Baiju is currently self-funding the project and serves as the CEO of Aetherflux, an aerospace company on a mission to commercialize space solar power. He envisions Aetherflux evolving into an energy-focused satellite network, much like SpaceX’s Starlink.
Baiju Bhatt Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and Board Director
Academic History
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B.S., Physics
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M.S., Mathematics
Together with Vlad Tenex, Robinhood's trading model has revolutionized the brokerage industry.
The idea behind Robinhood was to democratize access to the financial markets by making it free and easy for anyone to invest in stocks.
The app quickly gained popularity, especially among millennials, and has since grown into a multi-billion dollar company.
Baiju was co-CEO of Robinhood until late 2020, then chief creative officer; he stepped down in March 2024 but remains a board member.
AETHERFLUX
Aetherflux aims to provide abundant and renewable energy around the globe.
The company is building a constellation of small satellites that collects sunlight, converts it to electricity, and wirelessly transmits that power to ground stations for use on Earth.
The company is passionate about space technology, optics, engineering, and more.
RECOGNITIONS
2018 Fortune 40 Under 40
2017 Fast Company's Most Creative People
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Baiju has been featured or quoted in various financial media outlets and publications.
He has appeared in Forbes, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fortune, Business Insider, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Fox Business, Financial Times, CNN, and Yahoo! Finance.
He has also appeared in TechCrunch, MarketWatch, and Blockworks.