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Tarek Mansour
United States 30 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Prediction markets
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- New York, New York
Biography
Tarek Mansour is the cofounder and CEO of prediction markets firm Kalshi.
Kalshi allows users to bet on everything from sports game results to political elections to entertainment awards and more. It reached a $11 billion valuation in December 2025 following a $1 billion funding round.
Kalshi received federal approval in 2020 to operate in the U.S., and made history in 2024 after receiving federal approval to allow users to bet on the presidential election, marking the first legal election contracts in the U.S. in over a century.
Mansour grew up in Lebanon and met his cofounder, Luana Lopes Lara, while studying computer science at MIT.
He owns an estimated 12% stake in Kalshi.