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GIGA SOCIETY™ - OFFICIAL WEBSITE
As an experimental high-range IQ project, GIGA Society™ is an extremely high IQ society for the certified highest IQ people who scored at or above IQ 190 (SD 15) on an acceptable high-range IQ test, in partnership with World Mind Sports Council & World Memory Championships founded by Tony Buzan, the inventor of Mind Maps. GIGA Society™ was founded by The Brain Trust registered in 1989 as a nonprofit organization in the United Kingdom.
The official GIGA Society™ has a total of nine members worldwide, including individuals from Asia, Europe, and America. Their diverse professional backgrounds include MIT graduates and university professors. GIGA Society welcomes geniuses from all over the world.
The President of GIGA Society™ is Dr. Tom Chittenden who is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at the University of London.
GIGA Society™ currently has 9 members: Younghoon Kim (South Korea), Marco Ripa (Italy), Iakovos Koukas (Greece), Marios Prodromou (Cyprus), Tomas Perna (Czech Republic), Fengzhi Wu (China), Christopher Harding (Australia), Tom Chittenden (USA), Kirk Butt (Canada).
TOP-RANKED MEMBER YOUNGHOON KIM
As of 2024, Dr. YoungHoon Kim established the world record title "The World's Highest IQ Person Now" with IQ 276 verified by the Official World Record®, World Memory Championships and World Mind Sports Council, which is in official partnership with Guinness World Record. His record accreditation as having the world’s highest IQ comes from the World Mind Sports Council, World Memory Championships, World Speed Reading Championships, World Mind Mapping Championships, GIGA Society, Supertalent of the World Record, Korea Masterpiece & Master Certification Committee, Challenge Korea Headquarters, Korea Best Record Institute, Korea Record Institute, World Genius Directory, Global Genius Registry, Esoteriq Society, Ultima Society & Nano Society. With perfect scores on various clinical and experimental high range intelligence tests, YoungHoon Kim's high IQ scores were verified by the GIGA Society (1/billion), Yale Clinical Neuroscientist PhD (1/10 million), Olympiq Society (1/3 million), Mega Society (1/million), Triple Nine Society (1/1000), and Mensa (1/50). In 2024, YoungHoon Kim was named as number one with the world's highest IQ by Reader's Digest, The Economist, CNN, CNBC, etc., and he was recognized and interviewed as a South Korean with the world's highest IQ by Arirang TV of South Korea Ministry of Culture. His achievements span various fields, including psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, counseling, coaching, sociology, philosophy, and theology. Serving as an honorary professor in creative thinking at Tony Buzan Academy and University; honorary council member at the World Mind Sports Council and World Memory Championships, YoungHoon Kim founded a non-profit organization, the United Sigma Intelligence Association(USIA) for the world's brightest minds, which includes seven Nobel Prize winners and the greatest minds in the world such as Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, Yuval Harari, Richard Dawkins, Howard Gardner, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Daniel Dennett, Anthony Giddens, Philip Zimbardo, and Terence Tao. Through the USIA, He also founded the Hall of Fame with support of Lifeboat Foundation, honorably inducted Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Stephen Hawking. In 2025, YoungHoon Kim was appointed Vice-President of World Memory Championships and World Mind Sports Council (WMSC) after his record for the world’s highest IQ was recognized. In recognition of significant contributions to the field of cognitive science, Dr. YoungHoon Kim was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science in Cognitive Science (DSc, hc) degree from the American Management University; Honorary Doctor of Education (EdD, hc) degree from the City University of Paris; Honorary Doctor of Advanced Studies in Psychology (DPsych, hc) degree from Universidad Azteca, establishing the world record title "The First and Youngest Honorary Doctor of Science in Cognitive Science in the World" at the Supertalent World Record and Korea Best Record Institute. In addition, YoungHoon Kim was appointed Honorary Professor in Strategic Thinking and Leadership; Cognitive Education and Leadership at the universities. In addition to his remarkable achievements, YoungHoon Kim is also the Founder & CEO of NeuroStory, a pioneering brain digital healthcare company officially accredited by the South Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups. As a one-of-a-kind innovator in the field, NeuroStory provides cutting-edge solutions to diagnose and manage brain health using deep-tech-based technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, big data, nanotechnology, and advanced data analytics, operating under the guidance of the United Sigma Intelligence Association, USIA.
NOTICE
Here is the official GIGA Society™ for those who score IQ 190 (SD 15) on an acceptable high range IQ test. However, there is another giga-level group which accepts unprofessional uncensored tests authored by the group’s founder who is not properly disciplined academically.
DISCLAIMER
IQ Olympiad Foundation Ltd is a cryptocurrency company by share, founded by Dr. Ronald Hoflin, the founder of Mega Society, together with a South Korean Jeong Kye-won called Andrew Zheng or Andrew Jeong. The legal founder and CEO of IQ Olympiad Foundation Ltd is Jeong Kye-won. No GIGA Society is affiliated with the IQ Olympiad.