Robinhood, the Silicon Valley-based stock trading app that was recently valued by investors at $7.6 billion, has received regulatory approval in the U.K., breaking cover on its plans to set up shop in London (as reported exclusively by TechCrunch 7 months ago).
He joins from London fintech Plum, where he headed up the startup鈥檚 investing and savings product, and prior to that is said to have led product, compliance and operations teams at TransferWise.
At Robinhood, Rutgers will lead the U.K. business and oversee the company鈥檚 new London office, which has already begun staffing up.
Sources told me in April that Robinhood was busy hiring for multiple U.K. positions, including recruitment, operations, marketing/PR, customer support, compliance and product.
The company tells me it is also building out a London-based user research team so it can better find product-market fit here.
Crudely building a localised version of Robinhood obviously won鈥檛 cut it.
Robinhood, the Silicon Valley-based stock trading app that was recently valued by investors at $7.6 billion, has received regulatory approval in the U.K., breaking cover on its plans to set up shop in London (as reported exclusively by TechCrunch 7 months ago).
He joins from London fintech Plum, where he headed up the startup鈥檚 investing and savings product, and prior to that is said to have led product, compliance and operations teams at TransferWise.
At Robinhood, Rutgers will lead the U.K. business and oversee the company鈥檚 new London office, which has already begun staffing up.
Sources told me in April that Robinhood was busy hiring for multiple U.K. positions, including recruitment, operations, marketing/PR, customer support, compliance and product.
The company tells me it is also building out a London-based user research team so it can better find product-market fit here.
Crudely building a localised version of Robinhood obviously won鈥檛 cut it.