Baiju Prafulkumar Bhatt (born 1984/1985) is an American billionaire entrepreneur.[2] He is the founder of Aetherflux, a space-based solar energy company, and the co-founder and former co-chief executive officer of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company.
Early life and education
Bhatt, the son of Gujarati immigrants from India, grew up in Poquoson, Virginia.[3] His father worked at NASA’s Langley Research Center, sparking an interest in space during Bhatt's youth. He earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Stanford University, where he also completed a master's degree in mathematics in 2008.[2] Bhatt and Vlad Tenev, the other co-founder of Robinhood, met during their time at Stanford.