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Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev has led a trading revolution to become a new Wall Street power

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Backed by an army of retail traders, Vlad Tenev is shaking up the financial order.

June 28, 2025
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Advanced ➔ Results Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev has led a trading revolution to become a new Wall Street powerBacked by an army of retail investors, the 38-year-old CEO is shaking up the financial orderLast d: June 28, 2025 at 3:11 p.

ETFirst Published: June 27, 2025 at 9:30 a. ETResizeListen(17 min)Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has helped bring a wave of retail investors into the stock market.

Photo: MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty ImagesVlad Tenev has a message for Wall Street fessionals confounded by the everyday investors who have become a driving force in the stock market and beyond.

Sitting in a conference room in midtown Manhattan wearing a short-sleeved shirt and espadrilles, the chief of Robinhood laid out his plan to lead his band of retail traders to new frontiers and make them more central to financial than ever.

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