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Luana Lopes Lara wealth and billionaire status

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Luana Lopes Lara, a 30-year-old co-founder of the prediction market platform Kalshi, has been recognized as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire with a net worth of $2.6 billion. Her background includes training as a professional ballerina and studying mathematics and astronomy, eventually earning an engineering degree from MIT. Lara’s wealth grew significantly following a December 2025 investment round in which Kalshi raised US$ 1 billion, valuing the company at US$ 11 billion. By August 2026, she debuted on the Forbes Brazil billionaires list with an estimated net worth of R$ 13.4 billion. The 2026 Forbes Brazil list also noted shifts in female wealth within the country, reporting a decrease in the number of women billionaires from 60 to 50 over the past year. While Vicky Sarfati Safra remains the wealthiest woman in Brazil with R$ 130.6 billion, Lara’s emergence marks a significant milestone. Kalshi operates as a marketplace for speculating on real-world events, a business model that has prompted debate regarding its nature as a betting-style platform.

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