• Billionaire college dropout Lucy Guo is reportedly the youngest self-made woman on the planet—knocking Taylor Swift off the top spot. But even with a $1.3 billion reported net worth, the 30-year-old cofounder of Scale AI tells Fortune she still pinches the pennies and shops at Shein.

Despite founding and retaining a $1.3 billion stake in an AI unicorn, you won’t catch Lucy Guo wasting her billions on a lavish lifestyle to match her new status.

“I don’t like wasting money,” the frugal 30-year-old tells Fortune.

Of course, sometimes Guo will splurge—like if she’s got a 16 hour flight to endure, she says she’ll opt for business class. And there’s the odd designer dress hanging in her closet for when she needs it.

“But in terms of like daily life, my assistant just drives me in a pretty

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