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Robinhood Hires Ex-Google Exec as Its First Chief Product Officer

Google veteran Aparna Chennapragada will oversee all product, design and research.

By Jamie Crawley
AccessTimeIconMar 18, 2021 at 2:28 p.m. UTC
Updated May 9, 2023 at 3:17 a.m. UTC
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Online brokerage platform Robinhood has hired former Google executive Aparna Chennapragada as its first chief product officer.

  • Chennapragada will oversee all product, design and research, Robinhood announced via a blog post Wednesday.
  • During her 12-year tenure at Google, she led various products efforts across its search engine, virtual assistant and YouTube.
  • Her appointment will help Robinhood deliver "delightful product experiences and work towards democratizing finance for all," Vlad Tenez, CEO and co-founder said.
  • Robinhood announced in February it has experienced a surge of around 200,000 extra cryptocurrency users per month since the start of 2021.
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