TECH ENTREPRENEUR LUCY GUO HAS BECOME THE WORLD’S YOUNGEST SELF-MADE WOMAN BILLIONAIRE AT THE AGE OF 30, OVERTAKING POP SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO IS 35.(PHOTO).

Tech entrepreneur Lucy Guo has become the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire at the age of 30, overtaking pop superstar Taylor Swift, who is 35. This major achievement comes as her former company, Scale AI, is set for a big financial deal. According to Forbes, Scale AI’s new valuation has jumped to $25 billion—an 80% increase from last year. The upcoming tender offer on June 1 will allow early investors and employees to sell their shares, giving Guo a huge boost in net worth. Lucy Guo co-founded Scale AI in 2016. The company helps train artificial intelligence systems by organizing data for companies like OpenAI and even the U.S. government. Guo, a first-generation Chinese-American from the Bay Area, learned to code in middle school and later joined the Thiel Fellowship—a program that gives young people $100,000 to start businesses instead of going to college. She dropped out of Carnegie Mellon University to follow this path. Before starting Scale, Guo worked at te...
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