Robinhood gave free GameStop shares to new users signing up in 2020, which inadvertently triggered the retail investor movement by giving customers exposure to a stock that subsequently surged in value.

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Vlad Tenev

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So, you can make the argument that we kind of started the whole thing...GameStop was one of the collection of free free stocks that was given to customers.

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A Conversation with Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad TenevThe Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:02:14 PM

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