Robinhood

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) has a market cap of approximately $20 billion and 23 million funded accounts, having democratized stock and crypto trading with its commission-free model that forced every major US broker to eliminate trading fees. Founded in 2013 by Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, Robinhood generated $1.8 billion in revenue in 2025 and turned consistently profitable. Its GameStop trading restrictions in January 2021 sparked Congressional hearings and a documentary, becoming the defining controversy in retail trading history.