HE'S ONLY 28
HE CREATED POLYMARKET AND IN A FEW YEARS BUILT IT INTO A BILLION-BILLION-BILLION-BILLION-CASH COMPANY
SHAYNE COPLAN FOUNDED POLYMARKET IN 2020 WHEN HE WAS JUST 22.
The idea was simple: create a marketplace where people can make predictions on real-world events from elections and crypto to sports and AI.
In 2025, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange invested up to $2 billion in Polymarket.
The company's valuation then reached $9 billion.
And Coplan, at 27, became one of the youngest self-made billionaires.
And now the most interesting thing:
Polymarket could be valued at more than $20 billion if a new $1 billion round is closed.
From an idea in an apartment at 22 to a company that could be worth $20+ billion.
And that's just the beginning.