{"id":55423,"date":"2025-04-23T07:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T07:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=55423"},"modified":"2025-04-24T01:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T01:15:56","slug":"omg-sf-ai-startup-founder-dethrones-taylor-swift-as-worlds-youngest-self-made-female-billionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=55423","title":{"rendered":"OMG!! SF AI Startup Founder Dethrones Taylor Swift as World\u2019s Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">You may not have heard of Scale AI co-founder Lucy Guo, but she just passed Taylor Swift as the youngest self-made billionaire woman, though that\u2019s all based on her ownership stake in a company she no longer works for, and might not even be profitable.<\/p>\n<p>Just as the entertainment business has its \u201cawards season\u201d for big show-business names to win their honors and strut their importance, there is also an \u201cawards season\u201d for billionaires, which is happening right now.<\/p>\n<p>The month of April is when Forbes magazine reveals\u00a0its annual billionaires list, measuring (and\/or estimating) the net worth of the world\u2019s wealthiest people. And then they do several follow-up articles of\u00a0their more interesting findings, milking the list for everything it\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=ExercisingDrunk&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1913310113684762716&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2025%2F04%2F22%2Fsf-ai-startup-founder-dethrones-taylor-swift-as-worlds-youngest-self-made-billionaire-woman%2F&amp;sessionId=69a33bfaf355e21fe7a1d672ffbda33aa06ac062&amp;siteScreenName=SFist&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1913310113684762716\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">One of these follow-up findings will grab the attention of local AI startup types.<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">As the Chronicle reports, the co-founder of SF-based AI startup Scale AI Lucy Guo has dethroned Taylor Swift as the world\u2019s youngest self-made billionaire woman on the Forbes list, though this is an other-people\u2019s-money calculation based on Scale AI\u2019s recent $25 billion valuation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIj5Fa8Tf9F\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com&amp;rp=%2F2025%2F04%2F22%2Fsf-ai-startup-founder-dethrones-taylor-swift-as-worlds-youngest-self-made-billionaire-woman%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2391%2C%22ls%22%3A285.60000000009313%2C%22le%22%3A304.5%7D\" height=\"771\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really think about it much, it\u2019s a bit wild. Too bad it\u2019s all on paper haha,\u201d Guo told Forbes via text upon learning of her new billionaire status.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBHn9ntTdhq\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com&amp;rp=%2F2025%2F04%2F22%2Fsf-ai-startup-founder-dethrones-taylor-swift-as-worlds-youngest-self-made-billionaire-woman%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A2397.2999999998137%2C%22ls%22%3A285.60000000009313%2C%22le%22%3A304.5%7D\" height=\"1180\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift is still worth more than Lucy Guo; Swift has an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion, Guo\u2019s esteemed net worth is $1.25 billion. But at 30 years old, Guo had dethroned Swift as the youngest self-made woman on the billionaire\u2019s list, as Swift is now 35 years old.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBUiFXETm4I\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com&amp;rp=%2F2025%2F04%2F22%2Fsf-ai-startup-founder-dethrones-taylor-swift-as-worlds-youngest-self-made-billionaire-woman%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A2407.5%2C%22ls%22%3A285.60000000009313%2C%22le%22%3A304.5%7D\" height=\"802\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And one can certainly quibble with Forbes\u2019 definition of \u201cself-made,\u201d which excludes those with specific inheritances or divorce payouts.<\/p>\n<p>Both Guo and Swift still came from wealthy families, and doors were opened for them in a way they were not for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s father was\u00a0a VP at Merrill Lynch, Guo\u2019s parents were\u00a0both electrical enginners in Fremont, and had the money to send her to Carnegie Mellon to study computer science, where she dropped out once she got a Thiel Fellowship from\u00a0Peter Thiel. This is not exactly a hard-scrabble upbringing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-3\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C35x4fRPI9H\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com&amp;rp=%2F2025%2F04%2F22%2Fsf-ai-startup-founder-dethrones-taylor-swift-as-worlds-youngest-self-made-billionaire-woman%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A5963%2C%22ls%22%3A285.60000000009313%2C%22le%22%3A304.5%7D\" height=\"1032\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Guo went on to work at Facebook and Snapchat, before co-founding Scale AI with Alexandr Wang in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Wang fired her in 2018, but she retains a 5% stake in the company, and now runs an OnlyFans competitor called Passes.<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">And Scale AI, while a big name in artificial intelligence, may not even be profitable. 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