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

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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