It’s been an almost unbelievably successful ride for Lucy Guo ever since she decided to forego her computer science and human-computer interaction studies at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University in 2014 and accept a two-year, $100,000 Thiel Fellowship that offered her the chance to build a business. Fast-forward to today, and the 29-year-old entrepreneur and tech developer has transformed herself into a self-made multimillionaire with a trio of Silicon Valley startups under her belt.
Her upward career trajectory seemingly began when the young entrepreneur sold Pokémon cards to friends and taught herself how to code in elementary school, but I digress. After working as a product designer for Snapchat and Quora, the California native co-founded the data-labeling company Scale AI in 2016 and then left a couple of years later to start the early-stage venture fund Backend Capital. Most recently, she launched a creator-focused monetization platform called Passes that not only counts Shaq among its users but also raised a substantial $40 million from investors earlier this year.
An upstairs screening room with plush seating is ideal for entertaining.
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In August, as part of her efforts to continue growing Passes, she leased a 25,000-square-foot office space in Los Angeles. Now she’s doled out $4.2 million—$600,000 off the original listing price—for a modern farmhouse-style home in the Melrose Arts District of West Hollywood, adding to a real estate portfolio that includes a $6.6 million residence at Miami’s sleek Zaha Hadid-designed One Thousand Museum tower overlooking the Biscayne Bay. Ricarda Olander and Jonathan Carr of The Agency repped both sides of the deal.
Built in 2019 and designed by L.A.-based House of Shoor, the white board and batten and brick-accented structure features five bedrooms and six baths in a little more than 4,700 square feet boasting distressed French oak floors, handcrafted clay walls with decorative fluting, and steel-framed glass doors providing seamless indoor/outdoor environs.
A sun-drenched courtyard off the main living area is enhanced with a dipping pool.
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Tucked away on a hedge-lined parcel spanning less than a quarter of an acre, the house is fronted by concrete walls and a gated driveway that opens to an attached two-car garage. Two additional gates open to a low-maintenance yard flanked by a walkway that empties out at the glassy front doors. From there, the entry foyer flows to an office with a full bath and a dining area warmed by a fireplace, plus a gourmet kitchen outfitted with dark green cabinetry, Arabescato marble countertops, an eat-in island that seats four, and top-notch Thermador appliances. An adjacent family room has a fireplace and French doors that spill out to a secluded patio with a firepit.
Upstairs is a window-lined seating area and a bar-equipped screening room, as well as a spacious primary suite sporting a fireplace, a private balcony, a bespoke walk-in closet, and a luxe bath with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a glass-encased shower. Rounding it all out is a bamboo-laced courtyard hosting a dipping pool, an al fresco lounging space off the second floor, and a rooftop deck with a seated bar and views of the iconic Hollywood Sign and beyond.
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Source: Luxury - robbreport.com
