W E A L T H F R O N T
Bailey Stein (BASTEIN)
Amanda
• Young professional
• Wants to optimize her finances
• Doesn’t want to meet with a
financial advisor
Products
• PassivePlus Investing
• Portfolio Line of Credit
• Cash Account
0.25%Annual Advisory Fee
History
• Andy Rachleff (left)
• Chief Executive Officer
• Dan Carroll (right)
• Chief Strategy Officer
History
Late 2008
Founded as
kaChing
Late 2011
Rename to
Wealthfront
Early 2014 –
Late 2016
Adam Nash is
CEO
Late 2018
Path
becomes
free
Early 2019
Cash
account
launched
What’s HOT
Competition
Wealthfront Betterment Vanguard
Assets Under Management $21 billion $18 billion
$140 billion in robo advising,
$5.6 trillion total
Minimum Deposit $500 $0 $50,000
Cost 0.25% 0.25% - 0.40% 0.30% + Transaction Fees
Portfolio Designer Automated
Automated (0.25% Digital)
CFPs (0.40% PLUS)
CFPs
Cash Account 1.82% APY
Cash Reserve (1.85% APY)
Checking (coming soon)
N/A
Cash Account Debit Card Coming soon
Coming soon, but only for
Checking account
N/A
Prediction
Sources
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wealthfront
https://www.businessinsider.com/wealthfront-review
https://riabiz.com/a/2019/4/26/wealthfront-adds-staggering-1-billion-to-its-robo-bank-in-less-than-a-month-but-critics-say-its-treading-the-line-again-on-possible-conflicts-of-
interest
https://www.investopedia.com/news/why-wealthfront-replaced-its-ceo/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFYIrb-ZDN4
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wealthfront-launches-free-financial-planning-300759657.html
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wealthfront-launches-cash-account-with-2-24-interest-rate-and-fdic-insurance-up-to-1-million-300795632.html?tc=eml_cleartime
https://www.financialsamurai.com/is-wealthfront-running-out-of-money/
https://techcrunch.com/2009/12/15/kaching-funding/
https://blog.wealthfront.com/year-in-review-2012/
https://www.investopedia.com/robo-advisors-2019-where-have-all-the-assets-gone-4767826
https://www.doughroller.net/investing/betterment-vs-wealthfront/
https://www.betterment.com/
https://www.investopedia.com/wealthfront-vs-vanguard-4693481
https://about.vanguard.com/who-we-are/fast-facts/
https://labusinessjournal.com/photos/2018/feb/26/32406/
https://www.wealthfront.com/
https://press.wealthfront.com/