---
id: "entity-vlad-tenev"
type: "entity"
entityType: "person"
canonicalName: "Vlad Tenev"
aliases: ["Vladimir Tenev"]
source_timestamps: ["00:10:15"]
tags: ["founder", "fintech"]
related: ["entity-robinhood", "entity-baiju-bhatt"]
sources: ["robinhood"]
sourceVaultSlug: "cardone-bhatt-robinhood-aetherflux-2026Jun25"
originDay: 10
---
# Vlad Tenev

## Canonical reference

**Vlad Tenev** — Bulgarian-American entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of [[entity-robinhood]].

## Background

- Met [[entity-baiju-bhatt]] at Stanford University.
- The two co-founded several trading-related companies together before launching Robinhood.
- Central figure in public debates around retail brokerage, payment for order flow (PFOF), and market structure — especially during the 2021 GameStop / meme-stock episode.

## Relevance to this source

Mentioned by Bhatt as his co-founder and longtime collaborator. Not present in the interview but functionally part of every Robinhood-related claim and concept in this vault — particularly [[concept-democratization-finance]].