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24-Year-Old Billionaire Leads Meta's AI Revolution

6/20/2025

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Alexandr Wang, a math and coding prodigy born in 1997, has taken the helm of Meta's superintelligence division after co-founding Scale AI, which skyrocketed to a $29 billion valuation. A drop-out from MIT, Wang's entrepreneurial spirit has not only made him a billionaire by 24 but also a key player in shaping AI policy.

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Alexandr Wang, a math and coding prodigy born in 1997, has taken the helm of Meta's superintelligence division after co-founding Scale AI, which skyrocketed to a $29 billion valuation. A drop-out from MIT, Wang's entrepreneurial spirit has not only made him a billionaire by 24 but also a key player in shaping AI policy.