DR. YOUNGHOON KIM IS THE FOUNDER & PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED SIGMA INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION (USIA), AND HONORARY PROFESSOR IN COGNITIVE EDUCATION, CREATIVE THINKING, STRATEGIC THINKING, AND LEADERSHIP.
Cognitive Science
As of 2024, Dr. YoungHoon Kim established the Official World Record® for the title "The World's Highest IQ Person Now" with IQ 276 through the only world record certification body accredited by the Council of the Notariats of the European Union, and 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 World Record & Supertalent of the World, 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 intelligence was 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, Dr. YoungHoon Kim was named as number one with the world's highest IQ by Reader's Digest, The Economist, CNN, CNBC, Us Weekly, Newsweek, etc., and he was recognized and interviewed as a South Korean with the world's highest IQ​ by Arirang TV under South Korea Ministry of Culture.Â
Brain & Mind Sports
As the mind sports specialist, YoungHoon Kim is Tony Buzan Honorary Professor in Creative Thinking at the Tony Buzan Academy and University, and an Honorary Council Member at the World Mind Sports Council, World Memory Championships, World Speed-Reading Championship, and World Mind Mapping Championship in recognition of having the world's highest IQ record. He was the first South Korean arbiter at the World Memory Championships and Asia Pacific Memory Championships. In 2024, he became an official member of the Ratification / Awards Committee of the World Memory Championships of WMSC, founded by Tony Buzan, the inventor of Mind Maps. In 2025, Dr. YoungHoon Kim was appointed Vice-President of World Memory Championships and World Memory Sports Council (WMSC) after his record for the world's highest IQ was recognized.
Global Leadership
As the President and CEO, Dr. YoungHoon Kim founded a non-profit organization, the United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA) for the world's brightest minds, which includes 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. Dr. YoungHoon Kim founded the USIA Intellectual Hall of Fame with support of Lifeboat Foundation, honorably inducted Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Stephen Hawking. In other non-profit research organizations, Dr. YoungHoon Kim serves as a steering committee member of the Complex Biological Systems Alliance, a neuroscience and psychology board chair at the Lifeboat Foundation, and an honorary member of the International Longevity Alliance.
Education & Research
Dr. YoungHoon kim studied academic degrees in psychology, neuroscience, counseling & coaching, linguistics, sociology, philosophy, and nondenominational theology at King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, University of London, Korea University, and Yonsei University (#1 private university in Asia). 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 World's First and Youngest Honorary Doctor of Science in Cognitive Science" at the Supertalent of the World Record and Korea Best Record Institute. In addition, Dr. YoungHoon Kim was appointed Honorary Professor in Strategic Thinking and Leadership; Cognitive Education and Leadership at the universities. Currently, Dr. YoungHoon Kim is collaborating with the research lab and center at the University of Cambridge and Yale University as a research partnership advisor.​​
Executive Management
Dr. YoungHoon Kim is the Founder & CEO of the NeuroStory officially accredited upon receiving start-up company certification from the South Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups as a one-of-a-kind brain digital healthcare innovator, providing cutting-edge solutions to diagnose and manage brain health using deep-tech-based technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, big data, and nanotechnology, along with advanced data analytics and neurotechnologies, operating under the guidance of the United Sigma Intelligence Association, USIA. Dr. Kim's NeuroStory aims to contribute to improving brain health around the world as a socially responsible entity working to reduce the brain health gap by distributing digital brain healthcare solutions to people with low access to medical care due to the wealth gap, alleviating the brain health imbalance by raising awareness of brain health around the world and providing free and accessible brain training programs to the underprivileged.
Dr. YoungHoon Kim's Interview by Arirang TV under South Korea Ministry of Culture
WARNING:
A man named Scott Douglas Jacobsen has been spreading false information without conducting any prior fact-checking regarding the involved parties. Jacobsen, who was permanently expelled from the United Sigma Intelligence Association, USIA due to allegations of highly unethical behavior, appears motivated by jealousy as a former employee of Dr. YoungHoon Kim, the Founder and CEO of USIA. A minor freelance journalist residing in Canada, Jacobsen lacks any formal academic degrees or professional training, which undermines his credibility. Additionally, Scott Jacobsen is known as a progressive atheist activist who openly denies all religions and religious beliefs, and he has shown support for an alleged sex offender. Furthermore, Jacobsen has displayed obsessive behavior, stalking Dr. YoungHoon Kim, further emphasizing his lack of professionalism and ethical conduct. Therefore, It is advisable to disregard his baseless claims and misinformation.
DISCLAIMER:
Dr. Ronald Hoeflin, founder of Mega Society, founded the cryptocurrency coin company IQ Olympiad Foundation Ltd. However, Younghoon Kim and his organization United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA) are not affiliated with the IQ Olympiad. Above all, Younghoon Kim does not want to have any relationship with the cryptocurrency coin company operated by Mega Society's founder, and also YoungHoon Kim opposes Mega Society's support of an sex offender and extreme racial discrimination through eugenics. Therefore, Younghoon Kim voluntarily resigned from Mega Society in August 2024.
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