Inside 30-year-old billionaire Lucy Guo’s intense daily routine
Lucy Guo is the founder and CEO of Passes.
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Lucy Guo may be a billionaire, but instead of luxury and comfort, he swears by a ruthless business ethics and strict daily routine.
Only 30 years old, born in California and trained entrepreneur, many of them to spend their lives by chasing their lives. In April, the net value of GUO rose to $ 1.3 billion after Scale Ai made an agreement that valued the company for $ 25 billion. He was chosen The youngest female billionaireA title previously organized by Pop star Taylor Swift.
In an interview to CNBC, “To be honest, I still feel the same as that little girl, like my life before and after my life, it has not changed so much.”
In 2016, GUO founded Scale Ai, an AI data labeling company with Alexander Wang. Silicon Valley initially chaired operations and product design teams, left the company in 2018.
“We had disagreements on products and sales.” “Where Alex is too much sales -oriented to bring more customers, ‘Hey, we give priority to products or scales [employees] Get payment on time, the hours are considered correct, but that was not the place where the resources spilled. “
However, Guo hired his shares, which was slightly less than 5%. When Meta agreed to receive 49% of the scale AI, the agreement pushed GUO’s share to $ 1.25 billion.
“I think most people may have a balance of work-life if most people cut their time when they return home.”
Lucy Guo
Founder and CEO of Passes
GUO, a serial entrepreneur and a graduate of Thiel Scholarship Program, has not been out of the game for a long time, Passes Passes, a passes Passes, a venture -creator platform established in 2022, a venture capital company that invests in early -stage technology initiatives in 2019. 65 million dollars financing.
Since he became a billionaire, the Guo hasn’t removed his foot from the work pedal. “I’m still working on very long working days,” he said.
‘I have more hours in one day’
The GUO belongs to a founding category that optimizes its days as productive as possible, and is not an excuse to slow down the status of new billionaire.
The average day for GUO includes waking up at 5:30 and going to Barry’s Bootcamp for two consecutive exercise sessions. Lunch is a luxury for the initial founder and often eats during meetings because the program does not always take a break.
“I think most people may have a balance of work-life if most people spend their time when they return home, so many people shift to Tiktok, many people just sit and watch TV carelessly.” He said.
For the benefit of the work-life balance, the Guo allows one day on weekends, focuses on spending time with friends from 6 noon to 6 in the evening, and then returns to work immediately.
“I think I have more clocks in a day because I will be honest, I am completely blessed.
“I could work theoretically until midnight, and then I could go to the club until 2 o’clock, and then I could sleep and then wake up at 6 in the morning and make Barry’s.”
Lucy Guo, Passes, on October 16, 2024, California, Beverly Hills La Tech week at La Tech offers 2024.
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Young Founder, Silicon Valley Mantra, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, China’s famous 996 working culture, which includes working from 9 am to 9 pm for six days a week.
Guo, “9-29: 00 in the morning, in my opinion, this is still a balance of work-life.” He said. “You can go to dinner with your friends at 9 o’clock. You can invite them to a Potluck. You don’t need to sleep from nine to nine to nine. This is a ridiculous sleep.”
“If someone thinks that this is not a balance of work-life, I don’t know what to say because he literally fits from 9 to 2 o’clock to hang out with your friends.
However, not everyone accepts the search for 996 study programs. Some founders have already pushed it back against the tendency and told CNBC that it was outdated and it was unnecessary to achieve success.
Sarah Wernér, the founding partner of Husmus, always reduces a open culture and creates a gate of talent.
Suranga Chandratillake, a general partner of Balderton Capital, added that 996 is about “over -working fetishization instead of smart work”.
New founders need to work in a 90 -hour week
Kate Goodlad and Lucy Guo spoke on stage during the panel discussion of “Review of 2050 from 2050 in London in London, UK on 02 June 2025, London.
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The working hours of the initial founders are a very controversial issue. Recently, some attempt capitalists were forcing even European founders. Increase the work tempo To keep up with his colleagues in the United States and China.
“In general, when you first start your company, it is impossible to do this without doing it. [996]You’ll have to work like 90 hours of work weeks to get things out of the ground, Guo Guo said.
As a company grows, renting more skills and finding stability, Guo says it is possible to work less later.
He said that being a billionaire is not about busy working hours. According to GUO, if you constantly invest in S&P 500 constantly, it can grow up to billion at the end of your life.
“I don’t think you need to work these hours to become a billionaire. You prefer to do this. If you prefer to establish a technology company, you will work at the beginning. If you want, the main method is doing it by investing, you will not work in those hours,” he said.
GUO’s last attempt Passes entered a discussion in February. class case He was opened against him and the company, and the child claimed that he distributed sexual abuse materials to subscribers.
“I think this is a complete shaking. I have never met this person, I have never talked to this person.” He said.
“As explained in the dismissal movement opened on April 28, a spokesman from Passes to CNBC said:” As explained in the dismissal movement opened on April 28, Mrs. GUO rejects the unfounded allegations against them in the case, and this was opened against them after rejecting a payment of $ 15 million. “
New York -based case company Clark Smith Vilazor, who filed a lawsuit against Passes, has not yet responded to CNBC’s request for comment.
