Network August 2018

World’s most incredible people
Intelligence is thought to be a divine gift, not
a learnt skill. Although valuing someone’s
intelligence can be subjective, the genius of
some people is undeniable.
10. Stephen Hawking - IQ score 160
He proved dozens of times that, despite his
severe degenerative disease, he’s still
considered one of the smartest people who
have contributed most to science and
cosmology.
9. Judit Polgár - IQ score 170
Considered the best female player in the
history of chess. She was born in Hungary in
1976 and trained since a child, thanks to her
father. Judit even won a game against Garry
Kasparov, and at the age of 15 she achieved
the title of Grandmaster.
8. Andrew Wiles - IQ score 170
A British mathematician born in 1953.
Achieving world fame when, in 1993, he
demonstrated Fermat’s Last Theorem. A
failure in the first instance, but was later
successfully corrected by Wiles himself.
7. Paul Gardner Allen - IQ score 170
An American business magnate, investor and
philanthropist. He founded Microsoft
Corporation with Bill Gates and in 2003 he
was estimated to be the 53rd richest person
in the world, with wealth of $15 billion.
6. Magnus Carlsen - IQ score 186
Another chess Grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen
was born in Norway, in 1990, and he’s the
current World Chess Champion. Besides being
a child prodigy, he became the world’s
second youngest chess champion in history
after Garry Kasparov, becoming also a chess
prodigy. He wasn’t interested in knowing his
IQ and even hated being called a genius.
5. Gary Kasparov - IQ score 190
As we have already mentioned, Gary
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