The value of the shares of the American Austin Russell reached 2.4 billion dollars on Thursday.
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The founder of the American company Luminar, Austin Russell, 25, this week became the youngest “self-made” billionaire, informs Forbes. His company makes ldar scanners, which use lasers to create a three-dimensional image of the road and the territory around it for autonomous cars.
The Wall Street Journal he pointed Luminar’s shares rose approximately 28% on Thursday, to nearly $ 23 at the close, after its public offering for sale. Thus, the market value of the company amounted to approximately $ 7.8 billion.
This jump in value also increased the fortune of Russell, who founded Luminar when he was 17 years old. The combined value of its 104.7 million shares – about a third of all issued – grew to $ 2.4 billion this Thursday.
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