 Lucy Guo Becomes Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire

Apr 21, 2025 Kriti Keshari

Lucy Guo becomes the youngest self-made female billionaire at 30

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She co-founded Scale AI in 2016, focusing on operations and product design

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Lucy left Scale AI in 2018 but kept her stake, now worth $1.2 billion

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Scale AI’s value skyrocketed to $25 billion, boosting co-founder Wang to $3.6 billion

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After Scale, Lucy founded Backend Capital and invested in billion-dollar startups like Ramp

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In 2022, she launched Passes, a $150M creator platform that raised $50M in funding

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From coding as a teen to music festivals today, Lucy Guo is redefining tech success

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