wunderkind

It wasn't long before Mourinho was calling his former wunderkind "one of the best midfielders in Europe".

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Phil’s influence, many orchestras everywhere now compete for the latest wunderkind hoping to capitalize on the youth movement rather than slowly nurture a rare ability.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Also, a wunderkind dobro player named Jerry Douglas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

He was, himself, a wunderkind political reporter, first for the New Republic and then during a decade at the New Yorker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

Peter Diamond was the latest up-and-coming Brooklyn wunderkind literary sensation.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

Bogdanovich made “What’s Up, Doc?” after “The Last Picture Show,” the ecstatically received film that established his reputation as one of New Hollywood’s wunderkinder.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2020

Like many wunderkinder, Korngold had a bumpy transition to adulthood.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019

Forty years later those wunderkinder are now midcareer and have accomplished even more than expected, according to a recent follow-up survey.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 29, 2015

Scott Duncan is America’s youngest billionaire to have inherited his wealth — setting him apart from the tech wunderkinder on the Forbes 400.

From Forbes ● Sep. 29, 2014

He introduced Ernest Lawrence to his readers as the leader of a “scouting party” of Berkeley wunderkinder, most of them “still in their early thirties.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The Leitersdorf brothers, who come from a prominent Israeli family that includes real-estate developers, venture capitalists and startup founders, are wunderkinds of the country’s tech industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

“The industry is full of charismatic wunderkinds, opportunistic fraudsters, and self-proclaimed investment advisors promoting financial products with little to no transparency.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

For the past year, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler, wunderkinds from the same generation who became close friends, have been living with the good and the bad of their precociousness.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2021

There were always wunderkinds and rising stars and the occasional military leader but running for office meant getting inside the system and working your way up.

From Fox News ● Jun. 29, 2020

“The Class” instead homes in exclusively on its impressive and often astounding group of young science wunderkinds and takes readers through a year in their fast-paced, award-winning lives.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2018