Gretchen Howard, the Chief Operating Officer of Robinhood Markets, Inc., has informed the company of her desire to retire from the company at the end of 2023.

Ms. Howard will transition to an advisory role on April 3, 2023 to support certain special projects for the CEO and will remain employed with Robinhood until January 1, 2024.

Ms. Howard and the company have entered into a letter agreement to reflect such transition.

Prior to joining Robinhood, Ms Howard was a Partner with CapitalIG, Alphabet’s Growth Equity fund. While at Google, she was the co-site lead of the Google San Francisco office and a Managing Director in Sales & Business operations.

Before joining Google, Ms Howard was VP of Market Development and Field Sales for Fidelity Investments.

Gretchen Howard holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Williams College.