How to Be a Billionaire By 25, According to a College Dropout Turned CEO Worth $1.6 Billion
Austin Russell is a Stanford University dropout who became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire in 2020 at the age of 25 when his startup Luminar went public. Luminar creates sensing technology to help cars navigate their surroundings; Volvo, Toyota, and Mercedes-Benz use the sensors.
Russell, now 29, spoke on the Masters of Scale podcast with Will.i.am on Wednesday about how he got rich at an early age. Russell, who had a father in real estate and a mother who did some modeling and public speaking,