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AI boom mints 9 of record 13 self-made billionaires under 30

AI boom mints 9 of record 13 self-made billionaires under 30

A record 13 individuals under the age of 30 are self-made billionaires, nine of whom made their fortunes through artificial intelligence startups.
Quiz: Who is ‘MIT math nerd’ crowned the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire?

Quiz: Who is ‘MIT math nerd’ crowned the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire?

Ballerina, MIT ‘math nerd’ and tech founder: Luana Lopes Lara’s journey to become world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire

Ballerina, MIT ‘math nerd’ and tech founder: Luana Lopes Lara’s journey to become world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire

Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara dethrones Lucy Guo as world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire

Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara dethrones Lucy Guo as world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire

Luana Lopes Lara, 29, co-founder of the prediction market company Kalshi, has unseated Scale AI co-founder Lucy Guo to become the youngest self-made woman billionaire, boasting a US$1.3 billion net worth from her stake in the online prediction market.
December 4, 2025 | 07:35 pm PT
Teens should spend all their time AI-coding, says world’s youngest self-made billionaire Alexandr Wang

Teens should spend all their time AI-coding, says world’s youngest self-made billionaire Alexandr Wang

Alexandr Wang, 28, the world’s youngest self-made billionaire and Meta’s chief AI officer, advises teens dreaming of lucrative tech careers to devote their time to AI coding, the emerging practice of creating software with the help of AI.
October 11, 2025 | 04:07 pm PT
‘If you’re not overdoing it, you’re underdoing it’: World’s youngest self-made billionaire Alexandr Wang on what sets successful CEOs apart from most people

‘If you’re not overdoing it, you’re underdoing it’: World’s youngest self-made billionaire Alexandr Wang on what sets successful CEOs apart from most people

Alexandr Wang, co-founder of tech unicorn Scale AI and world’s youngest self-made billionaire at 28, says successful business leaders often do “too much,” but that is what makes them exceptional.
September 30, 2025 | 03:26 pm PT
Meta in talks to potentially invest over $10B in Scale AI, founded by world’s youngest self-made billionaire Alexandr Wang

Meta in talks to potentially invest over $10B in Scale AI, founded by world’s youngest self-made billionaire Alexandr Wang

Meta Platforms is in talks to make an investment that could exceed US$10 billion in Scale AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded by world’s youngest self-made billionaire Alexandr Wang.
June 8, 2025 | 07:24 pm PT
5 things to know about tech mogul Alexandr Wang, world’s youngest self-made billionaire

5 things to know about tech mogul Alexandr Wang, world’s youngest self-made billionaire

Alexandr Wang, 28, the world’s youngest self-made billionaire with US$2 billion in net worth, was born to physicist parents and once used AI to catch a roommate he suspected of stealing his food.
May 8, 2025 | 03:17 pm PT
5 things to know about Lucy Guo, who just replaced Taylor Swift as world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire

5 things to know about Lucy Guo, who just replaced Taylor Swift as world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire

AI founder Lucy Guo, 30, who recently became the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire, surpassing singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, is religious about her workouts and has been neighbors with David Beckham.
April 27, 2025 | 09:19 pm PT
How world's youngest self-made woman billionaire Lucy Guo began her wealth-building journey

How world's youngest self-made woman billionaire Lucy Guo began her wealth-building journey

Lucy Guo, who surpassed singer-songwriter Taylor Swift as the youngest self-made woman billionaire, began investing as a teen and saved money by eating for free at an airport lounge, she told Fortune.
April 25, 2025 | 07:53 pm PT
Meet Lucy Guo, the college-dropout AI founder who overtook Taylor Swift as world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire

Meet Lucy Guo, the college-dropout AI founder who overtook Taylor Swift as world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire

Lucy Guo, 30, has unseated singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to become the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire, amassing a fortune worth US$1.25 billion through her AI and tech startups.
April 22, 2025 | 03:04 pm PT
From teenage bets to multi-billion-dollar crypto casino: The rise of world’s second-youngest self-made billionaire Ed Craven

From teenage bets to multi-billion-dollar crypto casino: The rise of world’s second-youngest self-made billionaire Ed Craven

Dabbling in cryptocurrency and gambling as a teen, Ed Craven, 29, has become the world’s second-youngest self-made billionaire with US$2.8 billion in net worth by co-founding Stake, the biggest online crypto casino globally.
April 15, 2025 | 03:13 pm PT
 
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