Meet Lucy Guo, Forbes' youngest self-made billionaire who replaced Taylor Swift

Entrepreneur Lucy Guo who became the youngest self-made billionaire replaced 35-year-old Taylor Swift, an American singer-songwriter and a global sensation, who held that title since late 2023 when Forbes declared her a billionaire. (Image: Instagram/@guoforit)

Guo studying computer science and human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University in the US but dropped out just one year before completing her degree. In 2016, she co-founded Scale AI where she took charge of operations and product design but eventually leaving the company over difference of opinion on how the startup should be run. (Image: Instagram/@guoforit)

She went on to build her next startup Passes, a social media platform that allows content creators and influencers to monetise. Much of her $1.4 billion net worth comes from her stake in Scale AI and Passes. Guo also made the Forbes’ Under 30 list in 2018. (Image: Instagram/@guoforit)

Guo was born to Chinese immigrant parents in the San Francisco Bay Area in the US. Dropping out of college proved to be an especially challenging as a daughter of immigrant parents. However, Guo told CNBC that joining the Thiel Fellowship by entrepreneur-investor Peter Thiel inspired her to pursue entrepreneurship. She worked at Quora and Snapchat before starting Scale AI. (Image: Instagram/@guoforit)

According to Forbes, Guo is now one of the only six self-made women billionaires in the world. The other five are Taylor Swift, entrepreneur Daniela Amodei, entrepreneur Melanie Perkins, popstar Rihanna, and entrepreneur Lu Yiwen. (Image: )