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Stein: Betterment expected $18B to $20B in AUM by late 2018

Jon Stein · Betterment: Jon Stein · Oct 29, 2018 · at 37:02

Jon Stein, founder and CEO of Betterment, discusses the company's asset growth trajectory with Guy Raz on How I Built This in late 2018.

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“Yeah, we expect to be in the ballpark of 18 to twenty billion by the end of 2018.”

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