Why the New York Stock Exchange just crowned a Gen Z billionaire: Shayne Coplan figured out a society that gambles on everything

fortune.com/2025/10/11/shayne-coplan-polymarket-youngest-self-made-billionaire-nyse-investment-success

Less than 10 years after dropping out of New York University and then starting what would become the prediction market Polymarket in the bathroom of his Lower East Side apartment, Shayne Coplan has been crowned the youngest ever self-made billionaire by capitalizing on Gen Z’s readiness…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-10-11 12:05:00.
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