Taylor Swift’s dethroning shocker exposed.
Taylor Swift just lost a crown that had nothing to do with Grammys.
Taylor Swift’s Forbes title detailed.
Taylor Swift first entered Forbes’ billionaire conversation thanks to her record-breaking Eras Tour, music catalog sales, and real estate empire.
She officially joined the Forbes World’s Billionaires list in 2024, becoming the youngest self-made female billionaire at the time.
Her net worth soared past $1.1 billion, with Forbes crediting her ownership of her masters and business-savvy branding.
Swift’s earnings were bolstered by streaming, merch, and blockbuster-level concert revenue, which dwarfed even top industry peers.
She became the first musician to hit billionaire status solely through music and performing—without a tech stake or fashion line.
Forbes initially ranked her at No. 14 on its list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women before adjusting her position.
That title held strong—until now, when she has been edged out by the youngest self-made female billionaire.
Youngest billionaire’s rise highlighted.
The singer has officially been unseated as the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire.
And the woman who snatched the title? A 30-year-old tech tycoon with a wild party streak and an even wilder backstory.
This new billionaire’s rags-to-riches story isn’t just about stock options and startups — it’s immigrant hustle at Silicon Valley speed.
Born to Chinese parents and raised in the Bay Area, she picked up coding while still in middle school.
By high school, she was already freelancing as a designer and developer for major websites.
She briefly worked at Quora — where she met future co-founder Wang — then bounced to Snapchat as their first female designer.
She founded Backend Capital, her own VC firm, in the middle of it all.
Lucy Guo launched Passes, a content platform billed as a family-friendly OnlyFans, but it’s now mired in controversy after a explicit content lawsuit—claims she fiercely denies.
Billionaire’s routine clarified.
“I don’t buy groceries. I’ve never cooked,” she said once. “Uber Eats runs my life.”
With two Barry’s classes daily, a penthouse in Miami, and a home in LA, her lifestyle is loud, luxe, and unapologetic.
“I seem like an a–hole online,” she’s admitted. “But people appreciate my savage personality.”
Her apartment reportedly contains a vast collection of Pokémon gear — including a Swarovski-crystal Pikachu necklace.
New billionaire ranking confirmed.
Lucy Guo, a self-professed workaholic and nightlife devotee, is now worth a whopping $1.3 billion, per Forbes.
She co-founded AI startup Scale AI in 2016 at just 21 — and hasn’t slowed down since.
The kicker? Guo dropped out of Carnegie Mellon and took a $100,000 check from Peter Thiel instead.
And when she’s not being chauffeured by her assistant, she rides an electric skateboard to meetings.
Her ascent to the billionaire club is tied to Scale AI’s ballooning valuation — $25 billion and climbing.
Guo retained a 5% stake even after being fired from her own company in a power struggle with co-founder Alexandr Wang.
“We had a difference of opinion,” Guo said in a 2023 interview. “But I am proud of what Scale AI has accomplished.”
Forbes just ranked Guo as the 26th richest self-made woman in America.
Taylor Swift, for comparison, currently sits at number 21.
Guo, five years younger, now holds the title of youngest — and possibly most controversial — billionaire woman alive.
Guo is now the youngest self-made female billionaire alive.
While Swift sells out stadiums, Guo is shaking up Silicon Valley and fighting off lawsuits — all before her 31st birthday.
With AI billions, a party-girl persona, and a legal storm brewing, Lucy Guo may be the most chaotic billionaire yet.