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Vlad Tenev

10 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 4 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 30, 2021 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 46 times in 17 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Mentions by year

brought up most by Jason Calacanis (21), David Friedberg (17), David Sacks (3), Chamath Palihapitiya (3), Brad Gerstner (1), Andrew Ross Sorkin (1)

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2026 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2025 8 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
2024 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2021 29 mentions in 5 episodes 6 per episode

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Everything said about Vlad Tenev, oldest first

Jan 30, 2021 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev lied on TV about liquidity crisis
“Who cares about Vlad? He lied on television. He lied on CNN. He lied on Fox. Where did he not lie yesterday?”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 30, 2021 ▶ 17:59 E19: Robinhood's GameStop decision: Why did it happen and how can it be prevented in the future?
Feb 13, 2021
Assertion Supported
Tenev: Certain stocks in the 2021 trading frenzy had 140% short interest
“Right now you can short sell more stock than the shares that are outstanding, right? So, you know, some of these stocks had a 140% short interest, right? So more, more shares were shorted than actually outstanding.”
Vlad Tenev Feb 13, 2021 ▶ 10:18 E22: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev breaks down the GameStop situation
Feb 13, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Tenev: Brokers using third-party clearing firms faced identical deposit demands
“Well, I think a lot of the a lot of the other brokers who relied on clearing firms had the same issue, right? You know, there's firms like Apex Clearing which has introducing brokers Cash App, for example, clears through a third party as well, and they all had…”
Vlad Tenev Feb 13, 2021 ▶ 8:17 E22: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev breaks down the GameStop situation
Feb 13, 2021 negative
Prediction Held up
Chamath predicts Tenev will not allocate 100% of Robinhood IPO to retail
“100%, he will not.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 13, 2021 ▶ 43:06 E22: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev breaks down the GameStop situation
Feb 13, 2021 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Tenev: Real-time settlement would automatically provide short position transparency
“Well, I think if we migrate to a better settlement infrastructure and move to real-time settlement, you get a lot of that stuff for free, right?”
Vlad Tenev Feb 13, 2021 ▶ 23:16 E22: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev breaks down the GameStop situation
Feb 13, 2021
Assertion Contradicted
Tenev: DTCC clearing deposit requirements and VAR charges are specified in Dodd-Frank
“Yeah, it's the DTCC, and a lot of this stuff is actually spelled out in Dodd-Frank. So if you look at Dodd-Frank you'll see descriptions of the VAR charge and the various special charges there.”
Vlad Tenev Feb 13, 2021 ▶ 9:21 E22: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev breaks down the GameStop situation
Feb 20, 2021 positive
Opinion
Sachs: Vlad Tenev succeeded in Congress by saying nothing quotable
“He testified for five hours. And said nothing quotable, you know, which is pretty much the best you can do in that situation.”
David Sacks Feb 20, 2021 ▶ 8:03 E23: Radical DAs, breaking down FB/Google vs. Australia, sustained fear post-vaccine & fan questions
Feb 20, 2021 negative
Disclosure
Friedberg threatened to quit All-In over Robinhood CEO episode
“I threatened to quit the show.”
David Friedberg Feb 20, 2021 ▶ 2:07 E23: Radical DAs, breaking down FB/Google vs. Australia, sustained fear post-vaccine & fan questions
Sep 15, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Tenev: The Biden administration never invited Robinhood to the White House
“I mean, just by nature of how many times I've been to Washington the last administration didn't invite me to the White House once. I asked for meetings, and they wouldn't even meet in person.”
Vlad Tenev Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 7:51 Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on tokenizing stocks, expanding access to private shares, fintech's future
Sep 15, 2025 positive
Opinion
Tenev: Financial products open to high-net-worth individuals should be retail-accessible
“Generally speaking, I think if it's available to wealthy people, high net worth individuals, it should be made available to retail as well.”
Vlad Tenev Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 19:24 Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on tokenizing stocks, expanding access to private shares, fintech's future
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