Michael Kearney graduated from the University of South Alabama at Mobile at the age of 10. Kearney’s next aspiration is to be a TV game show host, for which he’s already had several job interviews and auditions. He’s even had a small role in a TV movie.
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Before entering middle school, Remmi Smith became so well known for her recipes, she was asked to star in her own online show called “Cook Time with Remmi”. By 14 years old, Smith had a second show on Cox Cable called “The Culinary Kid.”
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In an act that created much controversy, 13-year-old Jordan Romero climbed Mount Everest in 2010. Romero wasn’t allowed access to the mountain through Nepal, whose government worried he was too young for the trip, so he and his team entered through China.
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Neha Gupta grew up traveling with her family to India, bringing food and gifts to children in orphanages. At the age of nine, she took a serious interest in helping orphans and began selling wine charms at community events and even going door-to-door with her product. She eventually started her own non profit called Empower Orphans, and by the age of 17 had raised over $1 million for it.
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At age 12, Calvin Graham was not your average pre-teen who was into comic books. At the age of 12, he lied about his age and Graham enlisted with the US Navy and shortly after fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal. After receiving a Bronze Star and Purple Heart, it was revealed that Graham was underage and the Navy locked him up for three months.
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In the sixth grade, Anshul Samar wanted to share his love of chemistry with kids his age and he developed a card game called Elementeo that made learning about electrons fun and engaging. By the age of 19, Samar was installing updates to the game, and had even used income from sales of it to begin a grant fund for other young entrepreneurs. He’s even given a Ted Talk.
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At the ages of 9 and 11, Amaya Selmon and Jaden Wheeler began making snow cones in front of their home. Seeing their business go so well, the kids’ mother bought them a food truck two years later and today, they park their Kool Kidz Sno Konez truck at parks and private events, selling nachos, hot dogs, and of course snow cones.
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Akrit Jaswal was performing real operations by the age of seven. Today, Jaswal is working on curing cancer but there are still some normal young-child tendencies about this boy. For example, he said in one interview he is going to make a dinosaur.
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Jay-Z celebrated the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy by letting her partake in his fame. Just a few days old, Ivy can be heard making adorable noises on her dad’s Billboard topper “Glory.”
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Donnie Dunagan has several claims to fame, including providing the voice of Bambi in the movie Bambi. But Dunagan left his acting career early on, and by 18 became the youngest- ever drill instructor in the Marine crops.
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An oldie but a goodie (okay, a deceased man, actually), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned how to play the piano at the age of four and was five years old when he composed his first pieces. Perhaps the universe knew we’d lose Mozart at the young age of 35, which is why it released his genius early.
Source: Biography.com
William James Sidis was 18-months-old when he could read and by the age of eight had written four books and was fluent in eight languages. At the age of nine, Sidis gave a lecture at Harvard, where he would enter as a student two years later.
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Leanna Archer honored her great grandmother by using her recipe to create and sell hair pomade. Her product eventually inspired an entire line of natural hair products and by the age of 17, Archer was the CEO of her own company.
Source: Leannashair.com
Move aside Angry Birds; a game called Bubble Ball became the most downloaded free game in the Apple app store in 2010. Bubble Ball was created by 14-year-old Robert Nay who had no professional coding experience or even formal education. Nay learned everything through research at the public library.
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Six-year-old Lizzie Marie Likness didn’t expect anything handed to her so when she wanted horse riding lessons, she sold baked goods to pay for it. Quickly realizing it was cooking she loved, Likness had a successful healthy cooking website with how-to videos shortly after. She’s been on the “Rachael Ray” show and has her own WebMD series called “Healthy Cooking with Chef Lizzie.”
Source: Huffingtonpost.com
