Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara becomes the youngest self-made female billionaire in history.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of Kalshi, has become the youngest self-made female billionaire in history at just 29 years old. The title was previously held by 31-year-old Scale AI co-founder Lucy Guo in April, but now it belongs to Luana Lopes Lara.

This is thanks to Kalshi, the prediction market it co-founded with Arek Mansour, which raised $1 billion on December 2nd at a valuation of $11 billion. The round was led by Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia, a16z, Meritech Capital, IVP, ARK Invest, Anthos Capital, CapitalG, and Y Combinator. (Forbes)