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Vlad Tenev, Robinhood CEO, says meme investing is no joke, “it’s a real thing.” Free stock trading app Robinhood surged in popularity among retail investors through the Covid-19 pandemic and the meme stock mania of 2021. The company sold shares in its Nasdaq launch at $38 a piece, valuing it over $30 billion. Tenev celebrates Robinhood’s IPO, the role of ‘payment for order flow’ in the next generation of investing, cryptocurrencies, and what the road to the public market means to him personally. Andrew Ross Sorkin, Joe Kernen and Morgan Brennan look for lessons for Robinhood in the legends of IPOs-past and …. Kernen on cruise control. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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