Kalshi’s Luana Lopes Lara Becomes Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire
Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara became the youngest female self-made billionaire after a $1 billion funding round valued the company at $11 billion.Summary
Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of the prediction market Kalshi, has achieved the status of the youngest female self-made billionaire following a recent $1 billion funding round led by Paradigm. This investment valued Kalshi at $11 billion, also making her co-founder Tarek Mansour a billionaire at age 29. Lopes Lara surpasses previous titleholders like Lucy Guo and Taylor Swift, though both founders were slightly younger than Shayne Coplan of rival Polymarket, who became the youngest self-made billionaire overall in October. Kalshi operates as a regulated platform, registered with the CFTC, allowing users to trade on real-world event outcomes through event-based contracts, contrasting with the blockchain-based, less regulated approach of Polymarket.
(Source：CoinDesk)