wunderkind

Among them was Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto-finance wunderkind sentenced in 2024 to 25 years in prison for fraud.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The wunderkind coach knew he was inheriting a football program in a years-long slump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

We lead today with new reporting on the unraveling of Situational Awareness, detailing how its wunderkind founder Leopold Aschenbrenner forged close ties with tech’s top players even as he rankled some of his own bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

And as it bookends a summer led by “Obsession” and “Backrooms” fervor, with studios clamoring to find the next Gen Z wunderkind, Ullom quietly but consistently surpasses his peers at every winding turn.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

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

The pair grew up together in Buenos Aires, two wunderkinder playing soirées before their careers took off.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2014

Lots of the tech wunderkinder honed their skills during their service in army units whose products will never be cleared for publication.

From Slate ● Jan. 2, 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

This would reward older athletes who waited two years to compete and ensure the wunderkinds of not missing out on their athletic primes between Rio 2016 and Paris 2024.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2021

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