Kim Ung-yong

Kim Ung-Yong or Kim Woong-Yong (; born March 8, 1962) is a South Korean civil engineer and professor. He is best known for being a child prodigy with the highest recorded IQ on record, having scored above 210 on the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale. He entered university at age 4 and at age 7, he received an invitation to work at NASA. By age 5, he spoke five languages.

Early life Kim Ung-Yong was born on March 8, 1962, in Seoul, South Korea.

At 3, he could, allegedly, solve calculus problems and published a 247-page bestselling collection of his essays in English and German, as well as his calligraphy and illustrations. His statement that his son never left is slightly detracted by the statement of Kim's mother, who said that while he did "leave for a short moment to audit classes at the University of Colorado", he returned immediately due to their facilities being "inadequate for [Kim]'s genius," who was homeschooled until his college entrance exam.

After returning to South Korea, Kim was required to formally complete schooling to get a job. He later enrolled in Chungbuk National University where he studied civil engineering and earned a Ph.D.