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David Fortunato

Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, Wealthfront

Search every verified David Fortunato interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. David Fortunato, CEO of Wealthfront, discussed the company's fiscal first quarter 2027 results, reporting record platform assets of $96.6 billion. He attributed client growth to a direct deposit incentive and elevated organic traffic from large language models referencing Wealthfront. Fortunato also stated that recent client cohorts adopting the direct deposit incentive are starting with cash and adopting investment accounts at a higher rate than previously observed. In interviews, Fortunato discussed Wealthfront's business model and strategy. He said the company operates without human financial advisors, aiming to serve a broader client base with lower minimums, and described the firm's approach as using technology to automate solutions and share savings with clients. He expressed cautious views on applying AI to core investing, describing passive investing as a mathematical optimization problem and noting that AI tools in that area are still early. He also commented on prediction markets, calling them a "negative sum game" with fees that make a long-term investing angle difficult. Regarding the mortgage market, Fortunato said his goal is to create sustainable careers for loan originators by having them supervise a smaller number of cases rather than interact with every client.

Recent appearances

  • Wealthfront Q1 2027 Earnings Call | Client Inflows Push Total Platform Assets To Record $96.6B

    June 10, 2026 · 📺 i101

    Wealthfront Q1 2027 Earnings Conference Call. If you find our work useful, please support us by purchasing a Super Thanks— it truly helps us a lot. #earningscall #StockMarketNews #conferenceCall Earnings Call | Earnings Conference Call | Earnings concall | concall | quarterly results | Stock News | Full Year results | Fiscal Year results | investment news | stock latest news | Annual Meeting of Shareholders | Annual Meeting of Unitholders | Special and Annual Meeting of Shareholders | AGM | Annual General Meeting If you want us to remove your company's earnings call or any other confere…

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  • Can You Trust an AI with Your Life Savings? (Wealthfront CEO Interview)

    April 13, 2026 · 📺 Rex Salisbury

    My Fintech Newsletter for more interviews and the latest insights: ↪︎ https://rexsalisbury.substack.com/ Wealthfront runs 45% EBITDA margins without a single advisor. Now David Fortunato wants to automate the $13 trillion mortgage market. David Fortunato:   / davidfortunato   0:00 Can AI Replace Your Financial Advisor? 1:47 How Close Is Self-Driving Money? 3:59 What Happens to 400K Financial Advisors? 4:43 Is the 1% Advisory Fee Dead? 6:29 Direct Indexing Cheaper Than Any ETF? 8:11 Why Fortunato Was Lucky UBS Walked Away 8:53 $365M Revenue at 45% EBITDA Margins 10:54 Turning Every Variable…

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  • Not All Millennials Are FOMOing Into Markets with Wealthfront CEO David Fortunato

    March 19, 2026 · 📺 RiskReversal Media

    Dan Nathan and Guy Adami host David Fortunato, CEO of Wealthfront, on the RiskReversal Podcast to discuss Wealthfront’s evolution from its 2010-era launch through years in private markets to its recent IPO and first public-company reporting. Fortunato recounts his path from the financial-crisis period to joining Kaching (which became Wealthfront), and explains key learnings: clients want to delegate investing, tactical allocation rarely delivers alpha, and systematic tax-loss harvesting can materially improve after-tax outcomes, later expanded via direct indexing. He describes Wealthfront’s yo…

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  • Wealthfront IPO Values Firm at $2.6B

    December 16, 2025 · 📺 The Information

    Wealthfront CEO David Fortunato discusses the company's IPO and its cautious view on AI in core investing. TITV airs on YouTube, X and LinkedIn at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Or check us out wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to: The Information on YouTube:    / @theinformation   The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/subscr...

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  • Wealthfront CEO talks IPO, Fed's Goolsbee & Schmid explain why they voted against a rate cut

    December 12, 2025 · 📺 Yahoo Finance

    Market Catalysts Anchor Julie Hyman breaks down the latest stories for Friday, December 12, including Wealthfront's big IPO and why two Fed presidents voted against cutting rates earlier this week. #youtube #stockmarket #investing About Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance provides free stock ticker data, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, comprehensive market data, advanced tools, and more information to help you manage your financial life. Get the latest news and data at finance.yahoo.com Download the Yahoo Finance app on Apple (https://apple.co/3Rten0R) or Android (https://bit.l…

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  • Broadcom Hit Hard as AI Backlog Squeezes Margins | Open Interest 12/12/2025

    December 12, 2025 · 📺 Bloomberg Television

    Get a jump start on the US trading day with Matt Miller and Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." A Santa rally tries to take hold — with global stocks eyeing records and the U.S. market hitting its first all-time high in six weeks. But tech caution lingers as Broadcom slips on lofty AI hopes, while UBS jumps to a 17-year high on plans to ease capital demands. And Manhattan rents? Skyrocketing to a fresh record. Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman joins Bloomberg Open Interest with her take on NYC real estate with. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Open Interest 00:03:51 - China Preps As Much…

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  • Wealthfront CEO David Fortunato on going public on Nasdaq, state of investing and growth outlook

    December 12, 2025 · 📺 CNBC Television

    David Fortunato, Wealthfront CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's evolution over the years, the decision to go public on the Nasdaq today, state of investing in the U.S., and more.

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  • David Fortunato, CEO of Wealthfront - $70Bn AUM, Engineer to CEO, Relentless Focus on Automation

    October 08, 2024 · 📺 Miguel Armaza - Fintech Leaders

    Miguel Armaza travels to San Francisco for an interview with David Fortunato, CEO of Wealthfront, an asset management giant with $70+ billion in assets under management and over a million clients. Founded by Andy Rachleff almost 15 years ago, Wealthfront is now one of the most defining financial brands for millennials and Gen Zers. David joined the company in 2009 as a junior software engineer and became CEO almost four years ago. We discuss: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4eM7ReA Apple: https://apple.co/4eB6nDW Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage i…

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