Lucy Guoco -founder of the artificial intelligence company (AI) Scale ai and of the content platform Passesmanages to dethrone Taylor Swift as the younger billionaire in the world for his own merits, after two years leading the Forbes list. Specifically, the 30 -year -old has a estimated equity of 1,250 million dollarsof which the large part come from their first company.
Scale IA, founded in 2016, was valued in May of this year at 25,000 million dollars, 80% more than in 2024. Now, the company is finalizing an agreement for the sale of shares and, although Guo is no longer part of the management team, it still has almost 5% participation, which represents about 1200 million dollars.
The 30 -year -old co -founded the artificial intelligence company together with Alexandr Wang, who became CEO, while Guo directed the operations and product design teams in the San Francisco startup. Both appeared on the list of minors of 30 of Forbes in 2018, the medium points out, but, that same year, Wang fired his partner. “We had a difference of opinion, but I am proud of what Scale Ai has achieved,” Guo said.
Despite leaving the firm, the young woman maintained most of her participation in Scale AI and undertakes again. His second bet was the Capital Capital Backend Capital, dedicated to investing in companies in the initial phase. One of the most impact movements was the support of the Financial Software Company Ramp, now valued in 13,000 million dollars.
In 2022 Lucy Guo launched Passes, a Content platform similar to Patreon and Onlyfanswhich connects creators and celebrities with their followers, who pay for chats and online videos. The firm raised 50 million dollars in three rounds between 2022 and 2024 of investors such as Bond Capital of Mary Meeker, the talent agent Michael Ovitz and Menlo Ventures, which the company valued at 150 million dollars.
Even so, Forbes warns, since last month the platform faces demands for accommodating child sexual assault materialalthough from the company they defend that they do not approve the publication of explicit content of minors.
Lucy Gou, his commitment to entrepreneurship
Lucy Gou, of Chinese origin, grew in the Bay of San Francisco and studied computer science at the Carnegie Mellon University, but left his studies before graduating to become a Thiel Fecaria, a program sponsored by the billionaire investor Peter Thiel that finances Entrepreneurial University Students To create companies.
In 2015, Guo began as a product designer at the Question and Question Company Quora, where she met Wang. Before funar Scale AI, the young woman also passed through the social network Snapchatin product design.
