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Former Ballerina Luana Lopes Lara Named Youngest Self‑Made Billionaire on Forbes’ €9.5 Billion Kalshi Valuation

The MIT-trained cofounder crossed the threshold after a Forbes valuation of her U.S.-regulated prediction-market startup.

Overview

  • Forbes now pegs Kalshi’s value at roughly €9.5 billion (about $11 billion), which places Luana Lopes Lara’s stake near €1.1 billion based on reported ownership of about 12%.
  • Co-founder Tarek Mansour, also 29, is reported to hold a similar 12% stake with an estimated net worth of about €1.1 billion.
  • Kalshi operates a federally approved platform where users trade contracts on future events such as elections, sports and pop culture, while such prediction markets are banned under German gambling law.
  • Company figures cited in coverage say Kalshi processed $5.8 billion in trading volume in November, exceeding rival Polymarket’s $4.3 billion.
  • The designation displaces Taylor Swift and Scale AI cofounder Lucy Guo as the previously cited youngest self-made female billionaires.