Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff — On Lifelong Learning and the Future of Wealthfront
Wharton FinTech co-founder and former podcast host, Daniel McAuley, is joined by former podcast guest, Andy Rachleff — co-founder & CEO of Wealthfront, the only company that integrates banking and investing to automate your savings.
We discuss:
- Andy’s storied and career as both an investor and entrepreneur
- His experience coming out of retirement to found Wealthfront
- The ride of day trading app such as Robinhood
- Whether payment for order flow is good for retail investors
- The current crypto bull run
- Market bubbles and what investors can do in today’s environment
- Self-Driving Money™ and Wealthfront’s future
Full interview → Spotify | Soundcloud | Apple
Andy Rachleff
Andy is Wealthfront’s co-founder and CEO. He serves as a member of the board of trustees and chairman of the endowment investment committee for University of Pennsylvania and as a member of the faculty at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on technology entrepreneurship. Prior to Wealthfront, Andy co-founded and was general partner of Benchmark Capital, where he was responsible for investing in a number of successful companies including Equinix, Juniper Networks, and Opsware. He also spent ten years as a general partner with Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre (MPAE).
Andy earned his BS from University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
About Wealthfront
Wealthfront is the only company that integrates banking and investing to automate your savings. They provide all of the financial services you need like high-interest checking that offers an ATM/debit card, low-cost investment portfolios managed for you, one-click loans and free advice and planning tools all through a five-star rated mobile app. The company recently began implementing the first of its Self-Driving Money™ services to automate your savings plan so you don’t need to worry about monitoring accounts and moving money around.
To learn more please visit wealthfront.com or download the app on the App Store or Google Play.
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Daniel McAuley is a co-Founder of Wharton FinTech and the Wharton FinTech Podcast. He is currently a data scientist at Instagram and used to run data science teams at Faire and Wealthfront.
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