Our move to offer free options trading is rooted in the belief that sophisticated investment tools don't need to be complex or reserved for the wealthy.

I love America and its economy.

The financial services industry is failing the millennial generation.

Free is a difficult model to get to work right. But it's better for consumers.

Participation in the economy through stock ownership is a pretty important way of keeping the divide between the haves and have-nots from growing.

The majority of people in this country, they live paycheck to paycheck. If we can, long-term, change that trend and make it so that investing and saving money, more broadly, is less of a chore and something that people actually want to do, that would be success to me.

Our business has been extraordinarily lean from the beginning.

I like beating the Bay Area traffic by getting into the office early, plus I get at least an hour most mornings to work on personal projects before I'm pulled into meetings.

When I get up in the morning I usually check Twitter.

I run outside almost every day of the week.