10 Most Intelligent People

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 28 November 2011, 16:32 IST   |    9 Comments
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7. Michael Kevin kearney:

He is a child prodigy, born on 18th January, 1984. He spoke his first words at four months. At the age of six months, he said to his pediatrician “I have a left ear infection” and learned to read at the age of ten months. He finished his high school at six, and graduated at the age of eight with an Associate of Science in Geology.

He is the holder of ‘Guinness book of World Records’ for the world’s youngest university graduate at the age of 10, receiving a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from University of South Alabama. He won $100,000 on a Mark Burnett game show ‘Gold Rush’, in October, 2006. In November 2006, in front of a national audience on Entertainment Tonight, he went on to win the grand prize of an additional $1,000,000. Kearney was also a contestant on ‘Who wants to be a Millionaire?’ in which he grabbed $25,000.