CEO & Co-founder

Wise

Kristo Käärmann hails from Estonia , and grew up in the Soviet era when innovation and fintech were a distant dream . Undeterred , he pursued a career in technology and finance and launched Wise ( formerly known as TransferWise ) in 2010 . Wise , which provides online international money transfers at massively reduced fees , expanded swiftly and grew by 70 % in 2020 with a reported 10 million customers .

CEO & Co-founder

Robinhood

Vladimir Tenev is the Bulgarian- American billionaire entrepreneur , who in 2013 co-founded Robinhood , a US-based financial services company that has brought investment into the mainstream . An adept mathematician , he gained his B . S . from Stanford and his masters from UCLA , before entering the world of finance and launching his first two finance companies prior to Robinhood . He is on the Forbes 30 under 30 , Inc 30 under 30 , and Fortune 40 under 40 lists .

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