Inside the Mind of Robinhood Co-Founder Vlad Tenev

Shane Parrish: I want to come to GameStop for a moment. So take me back to the moment your phone rings. You need billions in collateral, maybe set the scene for us and you make a decision to restrict the trading. How did you make that decision? 

Vlad Tenev: I have very fuzzy recollection of that time. I’ve heard a lot from people that have many children, including myself. I have more than one. My wife says, “The pregnancy and the childbirth very, very painful, but for some reason I don’t remember it.” And then that evolutionarily gives you the signal that you should do it again. And I think we’re doing … Yeah. I think I was at this IPO Roundtable at the SEC about making the IPOs great again and with Robinhood Ventures, we’re taking that fund public.