Quotes from Baiju Bhatt

Brighter Than a Thousand Suns' by Robert Jungk and 'Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman!' by Richard Feynman were both books my father purchased for me when I was in high school. Both left a lasting impression on me, because they chronicle the lives of some of the most creative scientists of the 21st century.

Finance is about being short-term greedy, rather than thinking about the markets as a critical part of our society that exist to empower the world, rather than to enrich a few.

Tinkering with, and building the products Robinhood ships brings me joy.

In order for us to be successful... we have to be able to and be open-minded enough to reinvent ourselves every six months.

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

We generate a ludicrous amount of trades in $1 to $5 stocks. Because we're free, we're the only place where you can day trade stuff like that.

As consumers adopt crypto, we hope that they'll also be interested in trading equities and options.

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.

When we first announced it, we had over a million people sign up to use Robinhood Crypto in the first couple of days.

We fundamentally want to make people's lives simpler. So we will look for technology that works toward that end.

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

I like beating the Bay Area traffic by getting into the office early, plus I get at least an hour most mornings to work on personal projects before I'm pulled into meetings.

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.

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.

Everyone should be investing in our free market economy.

I have a cup of coffee for breakfast every day, but I don't have a go-to food. Sometimes it's a cup of yogurt, sometimes oatmeal, most of the time nothing.

The majority of people in this country, they live paycheck to paycheck. If we can, long-term, change that trend and make it so that investing and saving money, more broadly, is less of a chore and something that people actually want to do, that would be success to me.

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

It's really, really, important that this country as a whole trusts its financial system.

I like to have prolonged blocks of time where I don't have meetings scheduled.

Most nights of the week I make it a point to get home in time to have dinner with my wife. It's a simple routine to maintain my work-life balance.

I think all of these companies staying private for as long as they are is actually pretty bad.

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.