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

At 14, the wunderkind performed for then-First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House as part of a student delegation of musicians from the museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 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

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

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

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

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 origin stories of those companies and a handful of others helped to shape a myth that tech, and American innovation overall, is fueled by wunderkinds.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2019