Taylor Swift’s billionaire crown snagged by 30-year-old tech founder
Taylor Swift, the global pop icon who's dominated charts and bank accounts alike, has been dethroned as the world's youngest self-made woman billionaire. On April 17, Forbes crowned 30-year-old Lucy Guo, co-founder of San Francisco's Scale AI, as the new titleholder, bumping Swift, 35, from a spot she'd held since 2023. With Swift's net worth at $1.6 billion, thanks to her record-shattering Eras Tour and music catalog, Guo's $1.25 billion fortune-fueled by a skyrocketing AI startup-stole the spotlight. This shift, far from the music world, has fans and tech enthusiasts buzzing on social media. A true fan! Taylor Swift roots for a football player that's not Travis Kelce in resurfaced videoGuo, a college dropout who launched Scale AI at 21 with Alexandr Wang, saw her wealth soar as the company's valuation hit $25 billion, an 80% jump from $13.8 billion […]
