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Rank #2701

Lucy Guo

Net worth $1.5B

Artificial intelligence · United States

Born
Oct 14, 1994
Age
31
Source
Artificial intelligence
Residence
Miami, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Single
Children
0
Education
Drop Out, Carnegie Mellon University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Lucy Guo cofounded data labeling giant Scale AI, and founded and runs creator platform Passes.
  • Guo ranked as the world's youngest self-made woman billionaire from April 2025 to December 2025.
  • The daughter of electrical engineers who emigrated from China, Guo taught herself to code in elementary school so that she could adopt virtual pets in a game called Neopets.
  • She studied computer science and human-computer interactions at Carnegie Mellon University but dropped out before graduating to become a Thiel Fellow.
  • Guo launched Scale AI in 2016 but left in 2018 amid a falling out with her cofounder, Alexandr Wang. She still owns roughly 3% of the company, which is the source of most of her fortune.
  • In June 2025, Meta bought 49% of Scale AI for about $14 billion and Scale paid its shareholders a hefty dividend.
  • She founded Passes, a platform for creators and celebrities to connect with fans that's similar to Patreon and OnlyFans, in 2022; she is CEO and has raised $50 million from investors.