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“It's another indication of how all our hard work has paid off and how much our users like the product and how the company is doing very well.”

On the latest episode of Fortune Daily, Ellie Austin sits down with Kalshi cofounder Luana Lopes Lara, who reflects on becoming the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire and what the milestone says about the company’s growth.

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00:00In December of last year you became the world's youngest self-made female billionaire which was
00:05plastered across headlines. I wonder what your relationship is with that title? What does it
00:10mean to you if anything? The title itself doesn't mean much. I mean it's very weird. It's kind of
00:14like a surreal kind of thing that you're just like I don't know I think about it as a kind
00:17of
00:18it doesn't feel like it's me in a way. I think what it does do is that it is another
00:21indication
00:22of how all our hard work has paid off and like how much our users like the product and how
00:27much
00:27how the company is doing very well. It's just another data point like our valuation right
00:31they're all vanity metrics at the end of the day but I think it's another example of like how much
00:35we're growing. We've crossed over 30 million customers now in the U.S. and it's just I think
00:39it's just testament to how much people like the product. For me it's always been like the company's
00:43first is the biggest priority. We really think the company can go so much farther than what it is now
00:47and it's just about us focusing and doing our best every single day. It didn't really change much. I'm
00:52from like a middle-class family so I guess maybe like with more years we'll change but it hasn't
00:56changed much to be honest.

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