In this season two finale, I’m closing out the year with a story that pulls together tech, discipline, and modern leadership.

This episode spotlights Luana Lopes Lara, the youngest self-made woman billionaire in the world and co-founder of Kalshi, the regulated prediction market changing how people think about future events.

Before fintech, before MIT, and long before building an eleven-billion-dollar exchange, Luana was training as a professional ballerina. Years at the barre built the discipline, focus, and patience that later became the foundation for one of the most ambitious infrastructure companies in modern finance.

We break down what prediction markets actually are, why regulation became Kalshi’s differentiator, and how the company fought and won a historic legal battle to offer the first legal U.S. election markets in over a century.

At its core, this episode is about trusting the process. Doing the work long before the outcome is obvious, sticking with it when progress feels slow, and letting consistency quietly do its thing.

Thank you so much for listening this season. I’ll see you back here in February 2026 for season three!