Baiju Bhatt

“I think its very easy to try to launch things too quickly and do things too quickly and not pay attention to the details along the way.”

“Maintaining a routine with my sleeping habits, even on weekends, has been a constant even when other aspects of life are hectic.”

“I like to also have an hour and a half around lunchtime every day, set aside to exercise.”

“While we should be moving very quickly and building great products for our consumers, it should never come at the expense of security, uptime, things like that.”

“Tokyo & Kyoto are two of my favorites. I like how Japanese cities live in harmony with their natural surroundings, with gardens and forests mixed into urban areas. The public transit is also fantastic and there are cat cafes everywhere.”

“There's just something very, very satisfying feeling like I have my investments right there in my pocket.”

“I think the customers that Robinhood will get at the beginning are younger, smaller accounts that are too hard for Schwab and E-trade to make money off anyway. They've neglected that market.”

“The American stock market is a profoundly useful and mature idea that our society has created. We as a society have said, 'Let's take the best industrial creations of our people and break up ownership into pieces so everyone can own a stake.'”

“Pundits will be pundits. We don't think too much of the punditry.”

“I don't use an alarm. I wake up naturally at 7 A.M.”

“I limit how often I let technology interrupt my day, which given my line of work, isn't always easy.”

“Margin trading will drive the lion's share of our revenue, which is like a loan that lets people have more money to trade with.”

“To do your best work, you have to enjoy what you do and the people around you.”

“I'm not sure whether it counts as a talent, but I love playing 'Magic: The Gathering.' It's mathematical and intellectually challenging, and makes me feel nostalgic for when I played as a kid.”

“The fact that a lot of people, especially younger folks, are not investing in the stock market is something we really think needs addressing.”

“When we started Robinhood, there were a lot of naysayers.”

“I'm by far my most creative and my most productive early in the day.”

“If people don't think about their finances and get involved with building a financial trajectory early in life, it's kind of a substantial problem.”

“The human brain is really bad at thinking about exponential things.”

“I don't think there's a particular technology that will set the trajectory for us moving forward. We don't want to be one of the companies that say AI is the next big thing, let's go build an AI application for Robinhood. That might not work. It might be awkward.”