Billionaire Lucy Guo on family pushback; parents saw her choices as ‘not loving them’

Lucy Guo, 30, has joined the billionaire ranks with a $1.25 billion fortune, following her company Scale AI’s $29 billion acquisition by Meta. The college dropout defied her immigrant parents’ wishes by leaving Carnegie Mellon, opting instead for the Thiel Fellowship. Now leading Passes, Guo’s journey underscores prioritizing real-world experience, though she acknowledges college’s unique networking benefits for aspiring entrepreneurs.