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Luana Lopes Lara co-founded Kalshi, a prediction-market company now valued at $11 billion, boosting her net worth to $1.3 billion

The former ballerina studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and overcame regulatory hurdles to launch Kalshi as a legal financial exchange

Kalshi’s trading volume has surged 1000% in a year, partnering with Robinhood, Google Finance, and the NHL

Luana Lopes Lara — a 29-year-old former ballerina turned tech founder — has unseated Taylor Swift and Lucy Guo to become the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire.

The Brazilian-born entrepreneur claimed the title after her prediction-market company, Kalshi , secured a new $1 billion investment round at an $11 billion valuation, boosting her estimated net worth to $1.3 billi

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