YoungHoon Kim, Wikipedia, Highest IQ 276 Record Holder
YoungHoon Kim from South Korea has the highest IQ 276 score ever recorded in the world.
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Full Name: YoungHoon Kim (1989~)
Birth date: May 25, 1989
Birth Place: South Korea
IQ Score: 276
Highest IQ Certification: GIGA Society, Korea Record Institute (KRI), World Mind Sports Council (WMSC), World Memory Championships, United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA), World Genius Directory, Global Genius Registry, Esoteriq Society, Ultima Society, Nano Society, etc.
Fields of Expertise: Executive Leadership, Mind Sports, Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, Counseling, Coaching, Sociology, Philosophy, Nondenominational Theology
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As of 2024, YoungHoon Kim is the world's highest IQ record holder certified by GIGA Society, Korea Record Institute, World Genius Directory, Global Genius Registry, Esoteriq Society, Ultima Society, Nano Society, and recognized by World Mind Sports Council, including World Memory Championships, World Speed Reading Championships, World Mind Mapping Championships (IQ 276, SD24). With perfect scores on various experimental high range intelligence tests, he was awarded Lifetime Membership from the Mega Society, the world’s highest IQ society which was the only one listed in Guinness Book of World Records in history (also having full memberships from Mensa to GIGA Society with the highest IQ score in the world). In 2024, YoungHoon Kim was named as number one with the world's highest IQ by Reader’s Digest, The Economist, CNN, CNBC, etc.
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Biography
➤ Executive Leadership
As the President and CEO, YoungHoon Kim founded a non-profit organization, the United Sigma Intelligence Association for the world’s brightest minds, which includes seven Nobel Prize winners. From his organization, the greatest minds in the world such as Noam Chomsky, Yuval Harari, Richard Dawkins, Howard Gardner, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Anthony Giddens, and Terence Tao have received official awards with the winners’ consent.
➤ Mind Sports Specialist
As the mind sports specialist, YoungHoon Kim is an Honorary Council Member at the World Mind Sports Council, World Memory Championships, World Speed-Reading Championship, and World Mind Mapping Championship in recognition of having the world's highest IQ record. He was the first South Korean arbiter at the World Memory Championships and Asia Pacific Memory Championships. In 2024, he became an official member of the Ratification / Awards Committee of the World Memory Championships of WMSC, founded by Tony Buzan, the inventor of Mind Maps.
➤ Intelligence Performance
As of 2024, YoungHoon Kim is the current highest IQ record holder certified by GIGA Society, Korea Record Institute, World Genius Directory, Global Genius Registry, Esoteriq Society, Ultima Society, Nano Society, and recognized by World Mind Sports Council, including World Memory Championships, World Speed Reading Championships, World Mind Mapping Championships (IQ 276, SD24). With perfect scores on various experimental high range intelligence tests, he is a Lifetime Member of the Mega Society which was the only one listed in Guinness Book of World Records in history (also having full memberships from Mensa to GIGA Society with the highest IQ score in the world). In 2024, YoungHoon Kim was named as number one with the world's highest IQ by Reader’s Digest, The Economist, CNN, CNBC, etc.
➤ Education & Research
YoungHoon Kim studied academic degrees in psychology, neuroscience, counseling & coaching, linguistics, sociology, philosophy, and nondenominational theology at King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, University of London, Korea University, and Yonsei University (#1 private university in Asia). He was also nominated for an Honorary Doctor of Science by Queen Mary, University of London in 2024. Currently, as a research partnership advisor, he is collaborating with the research lab and center at the University of Cambridge and Yale University.
➤ IQ Achievements of YoungHoon Kim
World's Highest IQ IQ 276 Record Holder in 2024
World's Highest IQ Record Certified by Korea Record Institute
World's Highest IQ Record Certified by World Genius Directory
World's Highest IQ Record Certified by Global Genius Registry
World's Highest IQ Record Certified by GIGA Society
World's Highest IQ Record Certified by ESOTERIQ Society
World's Highest IQ Record Certified by Ultima Society
World's Highest IQ Record Certified by Nano Society
World's Highest IQ Record Recognized by World Mind Sports Council (WMSC)
World's Highest IQ Record Recognized by World Memory Championships
World's Highest IQ Record Recognized by United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA)
Lifetime Membership Awarded by Mega Society, the World's Highest IQ Society listed in Guinness Book of World Records
World's Highest IQ Honorary Fellowship awarded by World Genius Directory
World's Highest IQ Honorary Fellowship awarded by Global Genius Registry
World's Highest IQ Honorary Fellowship awarded by GIGA Society
World's Highest IQ Honorary Fellowship awarded by ESOTERIQ Society
World's Highest IQ Honorary Specialist Advisor of World Memory Championships
World's Highest IQ Honorary Specialist Advisor of World Mind Mapping Championships
World's Highest IQ Honorary Specialist Advisor of World Speed Reading Championships
World's Highest IQ Honorary Specialist Advisor of World Mind Sports Council
Honorary Council Membership awarded by World Mind Sports Council
Ratification / Awards Committee Membership awarded by the World Memory Championships
➤ More facts
Gender: Male
Best Known For: The highest IQ 276 record holder in 2024
Citizen Of: South Korea
Wikipedia South Korean: https://w.wiki/ADVs
Wikipedia English: https://en.everybodywiki.com/YoungHoon_Kim
➤ Warning:
A man named Scott Douglas Jacobsen is spreading false information without any prior fact checking on the parties. Scott Jacobsen is a jealous man as a former employee of YoungHoon, Founder & CEO of the USIA. Scott Douglas Jacobsen is a minor freelance journalist who lives in Canada without any academic degree and training, so you can ignore his jealousy and spreading false information. Please note that Scott Jacobsen is also a progressive atheist activist denying all religions and religious beliefs, and he passionately supports sex offender Aubrey de Grey.
➤ Related Articles:
- World Mind Sports Council (WMSC) & World Memory Championships: "The World Mind Sports Council and the World Memory Championships hereby recognise YoungHoon Kim from South Korea as the person with the highest IQ in the world and congratulate him."
- Readers Digest: “50 People with the Highest IQs in the World”
- Associated Press(AP) & ABC, NBC, FOX, CW, CBS News: “GIGA Society Announces List of People with Highest IQ in the World in 2024”
- CNN (Indonesia): "Korean Man Breaks World's Highest IQ Record Score 276" (translated)
- CNBC (Indonesia): "This South Korean Man Has the Highest IQ in the World" (translated)
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- The Economist (Korea): "IQ 276… The person with the highest IQ in world history was a Korean" (translated)
- The Huffington Post (Korea): "Korean with the highest IQ in history announced at the World Memory Championships" (translated)
- Asia News Network: "South Korean recognized as person with world’s highest IQ"
- CNA (Channel NewsAsia): "South Korea's Kim Young-hoon breaks world record for highest IQ" (translated)
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- Radio Republik Indonesia (Top National Radio Broadcasting in Indonesia): “5 People Who Have the Highest IQ in the World” (translated)
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- Bisnis Indonesia (The first business newspaper in Indonesia): “These are the People with the Highest IQ in the World” (translated)
- Vltava Labe Media (The second largest media in Czech): YoungHoon Kim was introduced as the number one IQ person in the world through the media. (translated)
- GIGA Society: “Highest IQ 276 Ever Recorded in the World 2024”
➤ Warning:
A man named Scott Douglas Jacobsen is spreading false information without any prior fact checking on the parties. Scott Jacobsen is a jealous man as a former employee of YoungHoon, Founder & CEO of the USIA. Scott Douglas Jacobsen is a minor freelance journalist who lives in Canada without any academic degree and training, so you can ignore his jealousy and spreading false information. Please note that Scott Jacobsen is also a progressive atheist activist denying all religions and religious beliefs, and he passionately supports sex offender Aubrey de Grey.
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