India, Sept. 2 -- Lucy Guo, recently named Forbes' youngest self-made woman billionaire at 30, has opened up about her unconventional path to success. With a net worth of $1.3 billion (around Rs.10,800 crore in INR), Guo co-founded Scale AI, an artificial intelligence data-labelling firm that was acquired by Meta for $25 billion. She is now the founder of Passes, a content monetisation platform launched in 2022, and also runs her own venture capital firm, Backend Ventures, which she started in 2019 to back early-stage tech companies, according to a report by CNBC.

Growing up in Fremont, California, with Chinese immigrant parents, Guo said her upbringing was defined by discipline, frugality, and the constant reminder of the value of money...