# Tarek Mansour

> Tarek Mansour is the co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, the first CFTC-regulated exchange for trading on the outcomes of real-world events. A Lebanese-American MIT graduate and former Goldman Sachs and Citadel trader, he turned a regulatory fight into a multibillion-dollar prediction market that lets anyone trade on elections, weather, economics and culture. In May 2026 Kalshi raised $1 billion in a Series F at a $22 billion valuation and became the first American firm to offer crypto perpetual futures under federal regulation.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Kalshi
- **Organizations:** Kalshi, Goldman Sachs (former), Citadel (former)
- **From:** California, United States
- **Nationality:** Lebanese-American
- **Education:** Secondary education, College Louise Wegmann, Lebanon, BS in Mathematics and Computer Science; Master of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Kalshi, the first CFTC-regulated event-contract exchange in the United States, Secured CFTC approval in 2020 after a multi-year regulatory process, Grew Kalshi to roughly 2 million monthly active users by May 2026

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Interned at Goldman Sachs while studying at MIT, working on structured credit and equities
- **2018** — Worked as a global macro trader at Citadel
- **2018** — Co-founded Kalshi with fellow MIT student Luana Lopes Lara
- **2020** — Kalshi received CFTC approval as a regulated exchange
- **2021** — Kalshi publicly launched in July, pioneering legal event-contract trading in the US
- **2024** — Kalshi event markets drew national attention during the US election cycle
- **2025** — Kalshi reported $263.5M in revenue; Mansour reported as a billionaire by Forbes in December at an $11B valuation
- **2026** — Kalshi raised $1B Series F at a $22B valuation; launched first CFTC-regulated crypto perpetual futures in America

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Kalshi, the first CFTC-regulated event-contract exchange in the United States
- Secured CFTC approval in 2020 after a multi-year regulatory process
- Grew Kalshi to roughly 2 million monthly active users by May 2026
- Led a $1 billion Series F at a $22 billion valuation in 2026
- Made Kalshi the first American company to offer regulated crypto perpetual futures (2026)
- Became a billionaire at 29

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Kalshi raised $1 billion in a Series F at a $22 billion valuation, with annualized trading volume around $178 billion.
- **2026-05** — Kalshi became the first American company to offer CFTC-regulated crypto perpetual futures, signaling expansion beyond prediction markets into derivatives.
- **2026-06** — Mansour appeared on CNBC describing perpetual futures as the 'purest form of trading.'

## Links

- Website: https://kalshi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mansourtarek/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mansourtarek_
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/TradeWithKalshi

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Last updated: 2026-06-03