At 29, She’s the Youngest Self-Made Billionaire — Who Exactly Is Luana Lopes Lara?
Move over, Silicon Valley bros — the new face of the three-comma club is a former ballerina who pirouetted straight into a prediction market unicorn. Luana Lopes Lara didn’t just code her way to the top; she danced through MIT, juggled hedge fund gigs with ballet classes, and then co-founded Kalshi, a prediction market platform that just hit an $11 billion valuation. At 29, she’s not just the youngest self-made woman billionaire — she’s the ultimate proof that you can swap tutus for term sheets and still land the perfect financial jeté.
