Robinhood’s 'comeback' and big plans for 2025 with co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev

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🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Instead of our usual Friday news rundown, we’re bringing you a conversation about what Yahoo Finance dubbed the “comeback stock of the year” - Robinhood. TechCrunch Editor in Chief and General Manager Connie Loizos chatted with Robinhood’s CEO and co-founder, Vlad Tenev, about the company’s evolution. Listen to the full episode to hear more about: Why Tenev believes the company is poised for significant growth. Robinhood's approach to prediction markets, sports betting, and wealth management. How the Robinhood plans to empower a younger generation of investors. Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here. Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products.

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by Invest Puerto Rico.
0:03.4	If you believe your business can go anywhere, Puerto Rico is the place.
0:18.9	Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast about the business of startups.
0:25.0	I'm Kirsten Koresak, and instead of our usual Friday news rundown, we're bringing you a conversation about Robin Hood, a company that Yahoo Finance dubbed the comeback stock of the year.
0:36.1	TechRunch editor-in-chief and general manager Connie Loizzo's chatted with Robin Hood's CEO and co-founder
0:41.7	Vlad Tenive about the company's evolution, its mission to empower a younger generation of investors,
0:47.6	and why he believes the company is poised for significant growth through its approach to
0:52.1	prediction markets, sports betting, and wealth management.
0:55.9	Let's take a listen.
1:01.0	Congratulations. I just saw that Robin Hood was marked Yahoo Finances, comeback stock of the year.
1:06.1	Yeah, we were happy about that. I feel like the Robin Hood story, when we were a young company and we just got started,
1:12.9	everyone was kind of rooting for us, you know?
1:14.7	And then at one point, we started being treated like an incumbent in the sense that probably
1:20.0	2018, 2019, ironically right after the whole industry dropped commissions to zero, the vibe
1:26.5	around Robin Hood became negative. And then I think
1:29.1	during COVID, it became just strange. I wouldn't call it positive or negative. It was like
1:34.4	Robin Hood was growing like crazy, but people were unhappy. I think we hit our low and now it's been
1:40.3	very positive. It's really great. Yeah, I mean, I won't ask you about all the meme stuff, but that was, of course,
1:46.2	not.
1:46.4	I'm sure that.
1:47.9	It was not the most fun.
1:49.0	Yeah, yeah, I'm sure.
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