Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara becomes world's youngest female self-made billionaire

Forbes has profiled Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of prediction-market platform Kalshi, identifying her as the world's youngest female self-made billionaire at age 30. The piece highlights her role in building the CFTC-regulated event-contract exchange, which now sees up to $4 billion in weekly trading volume and has expanded into sports and politics markets following legal victories over the regulator. Kalshi's rising valuation underpins her billionaire status. The profile was published as a Forbes video episode hosted by a Forbes interviewer on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The designation marks a milestone for both the platform and the broader prediction-markets industry as regulated event contracts gain mainstream traction.