Alexandr Wang

About Alexandr Wang

Alexandr Wang is the CEO of Scale AI, the startup he cofounded in 2016 to help companies put their raw data to work for AI and machine learning.

The California-based outfit helps some 300 clients, including General Motors and Flexport, on projects like autonomous driving and supply chain efficiency.

Wang, just 25, is the world's youngest self-made billionaire; he owns an estimated 15% of Scale, which was valued by investors at $7.3 billion in 2021.

The New Mexico native landed full time engineering jobs in Silicon Valley at age 17 with fintech Addepar and then question-and-answer site Quora.

At age 19, after a brief stint at MIT to study machine learning, Wang dropped out to attend the Y Combinator accelerator and launch Scale.