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

business • 10/11/2025

Coplan, 27, started Polymarket in the bathroom of his Lower East Side apartment.

On Tuesday, the New York Stock Exchange’s parent company, Intercontinental Exchange, invested $2 billion cash in Polymarket, skyrocketing the company’s valuation to $9 billion post investment and making CEO and founder Coplan a billionaire at the age... [3649 chars]