World's Highest IQ 276 Ever Recorded in History

YoungHoon Kim from South Korea has the highest IQ 276 score ever recorded in the world.

As of 2024, Prof. YoungHoon Kim established the Official World Record® for the title “The World’s Highest IQ Person Now” with IQ 276 through the only world record certification body accredited by the Council of the Notariats of the European Union. The world’s highest IQ score of Prof. YoungHoon Kim was recognized by World Mind Sports Council, World Memory Championships, World Speed Reading Championships, World Mind Mapping Championships, GIGA Society, Supertalent World Record with Supertalent of the World, Korea Masterpiece & Master Certification Committee, Challenge Korea Headquarters, Korea Best Record Institute, Korea Record Institute, World Genius Directory, Global Genius Registry, Esoteriq Society, Ultima Society, Nano Society. With perfect scores on various experimental high range intelligence tests, he was recognized as one in a million highest IQ person and one in a billion highest IQ person by the Mega Society and GIGA Society. In 2024, Prof. YoungHoon Kim was named as number one with the world's highest IQ by Reader’s Digest, The Economist, CNN, CNBC, etc., and he was interviewed as a South Korean with the world's highest IQ by Arirang TV of South Korea Ministry of Culture.

In the mind sports field, he is Tony Buzan Honorary Professor in Creative Thinking at the Tony Buzan Academy and University, and an Honorary Council Member at the World Mind Sports Council, World Memory Championships, World Speed-Reading Championship, and World Mind Mapping Championship; 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.

As the President and CEO, Prof. YoungHoon Kim founded a non-profit organization, the United Sigma Intelligence Association(USIA) for the world's brightest minds, which includes seven Nobel Prize winners and the greatest minds in the world such as Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, Yuval Harari, Richard Dawkins, Howard Gardner, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Daniel Dennett, Anthony Giddens, Philip Zimbardo, and Terence Tao. Through the USIA, He also founded the Hall of Fame with support of Lifeboat Foundation, honorably inducted Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Stephen Hawking. In recognition of his significant social contribution worldwide, Prof. YoungHoon Kim was certified by the Korea Masterpiece & Master Certification Committee, the Challenge Korea Headquarters, the Supertalent World Record with Supertalent of the World, and the Korea Best Record Institute.

Prof. YoungHoon Kim studied 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.

His detailed profile can be found here.

Certification:

Official World Record® accredited by the Council of the Notariats of the European Union, World Mind Sports Council, World Memory Championships, World Speed Reading Championships, World Mind Mapping Championships, GIGA Society, Korea Record Institute (KRI), Korea Masterpiece & Master Certification Committee, Challenge Korea Headquarters, Supertalent World Record with Supertalent of the World, Korea Best Record Institute, United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA), World Genius Directory, Global Genius Registry, Esoteriq Society, Ultima Society, Nano Society, Mega Society(1/million), Triple Nine Society(1/1000), Mensa(1/50), etc.

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)
Business Insider (Poland): "The person with the highest IQ in the world has been identified" (translated)
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)
OnlineWiki: "Meet Young Hoon Kim: Man with Highest IQ Ever!"
Maeil Business Newspaper (Korea's No.1 Economic Media): "Kim Young-hoon, a Korean in his 30s, was recognized as the person with the highest IQ in history with an IQ of 276."
The Korea Herald: "South Korean recognized as person with world's highest IQ"
Koreaboo: "Korean Man Recognized As The Person With The Highest IQ In The World"
LatestLY: "Who Is Kim Young-hoon? All You Need To Know About South Korean Man Recognised As Person With World’s Highest IQ of 276"
InspireMore: "45 Geniuses With the Highest IQ Ever"
MedicineNet: "YoungHoon Kim of South Korea to have the all-time highest IQ in the world, with a score of 276"
Study International: "YoungHoon Kim, who has the highest IQ score in the world, is also from South Korea"
The CEO Magazine: “Who has the Highest IQ in the World? Smartest Person Alive 2024”
CEO Review Magazine: "Who has the Highest IQ in the World? Smartest Person Alive 2024"
Business Talk Magazine: “Top 15 People with Highest IQ in the World”
Prime Insights Magazine: “Top 10 Highest IQ People In The World”
Jagran Josh: "Top 11 Highest IQ Ever Recorded"
English Jagran: "List Of 10 Most Intelligent People With High IQ Level In The World"
G20 Youth Summit (Y20): “Top 10 Highest IQ Holders in the World: Mind-Blowing Genius Levels Revealed”
Postoast: "31 Smartest People In The World With Highest IQ"
Fact Republic: "Young Hoon Kim's IQ Record"
Fact Encyclopedia: “12 Fascinating Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Facts”
All About Everything: “Top 10 Highest IQ People In The World (2024)”
Radio Republik Indonesia (Top National Radio Broadcasting in Indonesia):
"5 People Who Have the Highest IQ in the World" (translated)
Tempo Magazine (Top Magazine in Indonesia):
"Top 5 People with Highest IQ in the World"
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, who has been permanently expelled from the USIA accused of very immoral actions, 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.

■ Disclaimer: Dr. Ronald Hoflin, founder of Mega Society, founded the cryptocurrency coin company IQ Olympiad Foundation Ltd. However, Younghoon Kim and his organization United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA) are not affiliated with the IQ Olympiad. Above all, Younghoon Kim does not want to have any relationship with the cryptocurrency coin company operated by Mega Society's founder, and also YoungHoon Kim opposes Mega Society's support of sex offenders and extreme racial discrimination through eugenics. Therefore, Younghoon Kim voluntarily resigned from Mega Society in August 2024.