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Lucy Guo, a young 30 -year -old businesswoman from San Francisco, has unbridled Taylor Swift as the Milmillonaria made herself younger to get it. His history, marked by risky decisions and a simple lifestyle have led him to get an estimated fortune at about 1,250 million dollars, according to data from Forbes.

Milmillonaria Tech made to herself. Lucy Guo has achieved a historical milestone by becoming the youngest woman in the world to reach a fortune exceeding 1,000 million dollars for their own merits. This means that its wealth does not come from an inheritance, but from the success of the companies that have founded or directed in its short, but prolific, professional career. According to Forbes, Guo is now one of the six billionaire women under 40 who have achieved their fortune for themselves.

He Sorpasso To Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift made history in 2024 by becoming the richest singer in the world thanks to the undisputed success of his Eras Tour tour, which allowed him to reach a fortune of 1.1 billion dollars at age 34. This achievement consolidated her as the youngest billionaire made to herself until that moment, beating a double record in the world of entertainment and business.

However, in 2025, Lucy Guo has taken this milestone when reaching an estimated heritage of 1,250 million dollars, lowering the age ribbon up to 30 years and has marked a new precedent in the list of richest women in the world in a field as competitive as it is that of technology.

To leave the studies to found Scale AI. Lucy Guo’s path to success began when he decided to leave his computer studies after receiving a $ 100,000 business scholarship financed by Peter Thiel. This opportunity led her to work as a Quora programmer, where she met Alexandr Wang. Together, the Scale AI artificial intelligence company founded in 2016, when Guo was only 21 years old. At that time, the young founders already caught the attention positioning themselves as one of the 30 promises of less than 30 of Forbes.

Guo directed the Scale AI Product Operations and Design Teams. The adventure did not last long and its discrepancies with Wang resulted in the company’s departure. However, the founder retained 5% of the company’s shares. This percentage has been key in its fortune, since the assessment of Scale AI has reached 25,000 million dollars after its last rounds of financing and a recent alliance with goal.

Undertake to be your own boss. The bad experience with Wang in Scale AI led Guo to make the decision to be his own boss. Thus, he founded Backend Capital, a venture capital firm that supports technological startups and has already achieved several important successes.

Not happy with that, in 2022 he founded Passes, a platform inspired by Onlyfanspero oriented to all audiences, which is currently valued at about 150 million dollars. Thanks to these initiatives, Guo has diversified his heritage and consolidated his position as a reference in the world of technology and entrepreneurship.

A simple lifestyle despite his fortune. Despite its multimillionaire status, Lucy Guo maintains a surprisingly modest lifestyle. “I don’t like to waste money,” he confessed in an interview for Fortune. However, that does not prevent him from enjoying the privilege of his fortune and travels in Business class on long flights. “In daily life, my assistant simply takes me in a pretty old Honda Civic. I don’t care,” Guo said.

Even when dressing, the businesswoman bets on the Lowcost: “Everything I use is free or Shein. Some are not of very good quality, but there are always a couple of garments that are great, and I use them daily,” the millionaire confessed. Her philosophy is clear: “It is acting as if you were in ruin to remain rich”, a mentality that, according to her, helps her to keep her feet on the ground and manage her fortune with intelligence.

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