Meet this 30-year-old who beat Taylor Swift as the Youngest self-made woman billionaire¡ª also linked to Elon Musk, JD Vance
A 30-year-old entrepreneur has recently become the world's youngest self-made woman billionaire, who also surpassed Taylor Swift. Know how she is linked to Elon Musk and JD Vance. Read here to know more.
Is it really over for Taylor Swift? Has the music queen lost her status as the youngest self-made billionaire woman? Well, as per Forbes, this is true, as recently a 30-year-old serial entrepreneur, Lucy Guo, has crossed the pop icon Taylor Swift's youngest billionaire rank.
This milestone aligns with a significant financial advancement for her former startup, Scale AI, which is approaching a tender offer scheduled for June 1. The deal, valuing the AI data annotation firm at $25 billion, is an 80 per cent jump from its $13.8 billion valuation last May.
Credit: X
But who is Lucy Guo?
Lucy Guo is a 30-year-old co-founder of Scale AI. A company pivotal to the AI industry, she co-founded it in 2016. The firm focused on offering important data organisation for machine learning models.
The clients of Scale AI include the US government and OpenAI. Guo is a first-generation Chinese-American from the Bay Area who taught herself to code in middle school.
She also briefly attended Carnegie Mellon University and then left to join the Thiel Fellowship, a $100,000 grant programme for young entrepreneurs founded by Peter Thiel, famously known as Donald Trump's man in Silicon Valley.
Despite leaving years ago, Scale AI's 30-year-old cofounder has become the youngest self-made woman billionaire in the world by holding onto her stake in the company.
¡ª Forbes (@Forbes) April 18, 2025
Read more: https://t.co/MEXRUggrmF pic.twitter.com/scXNsn2ddP
Not only that, but it was PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel who introduced his mentee, JD Vance, to US President Donald Trump in 2021.
Lucy Guo's link with Elon Musk
On the other hand, before Scale AI was launched, Guo worked at Quora, where she met Alexandr Wang, the co-founder, and following this, she worked at Snapchat. After this, when she left Scale, she launched Backend Capital, a venture capital company, and invested in some startups like Ramp, which is now valued in the billions.
Guo, as mentioned, also joined the Thiel Fellowship that provides $100,000 and mentorship to young innovators. Interestingly, Thiel's venture fund, Founders Fund, was also an early investor in various companies of Elon Musk, including space cargo and brain-chip startup Neuralink.
Sneha is a dedicated writer with a passion for storytelling that enthrals and inspires the readers. With a background in Health and Wellness, she brings a unique perspective to every narrative. As a journalist, she aims to find solutions with authenticity and credibility.
Read More