SBF takes a 7.6% stake in Robinhood
Shares in Robinhood Markets (HOOD) rose as much as 28% in after-hours trading as a 13D filing revealed that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) had taken a 7.6% stake.
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, purchased 56 million shares of HOOD. This gave him a 7.6% stake in the retail trading platform, according to the 13D filing.
SBF purchased the shares through a company called Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd., which Bankman-Fried is the sole owner of. The stake is worth roughly $560 million.
HOOD’s stock was up 28% in after-hours trading after closing at $8.56 earlier in the day, according to NASDAQ data via TradingView.
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Author: Adam Morgan McCarthy
