Here’s about Meet Lucy Guo: The New World’s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire
Lucy Guo isn’t merely founding companies-she’s making history.
Just named the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire by Forbes, Lucy Guo is changing the definition of what it means to succeed in the tech space. With an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion, she beat out celebrities like Taylor Swift on the list of self-made-but her path is far from conventional.
From Code to Capital:
Raised in Fremont, California, by Chinese immigrants, Lucy was a pioneer in the tech world. She quit Carnegie Mellon University after being awarded a highly competitive Thiel Fellowship, which provided her with $100,000 to learn about entrepreneurship rather than regular academics.
She co-founded Scale AI, which is a data-labeling firm at the heart of machine learning, in 2016. She left the firm in 2018 but held on to a 5% stake—now worth more than $1.2 billion.
The Creator Economy and ‘Passes
Lucy’s entrepreneurial skills didn’t stop there. She started Passes, a creator monetization business more mass-market family-friendly than OnlyFans, in 2022. Passes reached $40 million in Series A funding in 2024 and became a presence in the then-emerging creator economy.
A Voice for Diversity in Tech
As a woman of color in tech capital Silicon Valley, Guo has been vocal repeatedly about the lack of diversity in tech and venture capital. Her purpose-through Backend Capital (which she co-founded as a venture fund) and through her own ventures-advocates for overlooked founders.
Challenges and Controversies
Despite her achievement, Lucy has also been under attack-including a class-action lawsuit against Passes for content moderation issues, which she denies. But she is not deterred, saying that disruption brings about discomfort before change can take hold.
Conclusion: Lucy Guo is not only a billionaire-she’s a visionary. By uniting technology with creativity and unapologetic drive, she is encouraging a new generation of business leaders, particularly women and minorities, to pursue big dreams and shatter even more daunting ceilings.
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