whizz kid

/ˈwɪz ˌkɪd/
noun
  1. A young person who is very intelligent, successful, or skilled, especially in business or technology.
    • The company was started by a teenage whizz-kid from Silicon Valley.
    • She's a whizz-kid who built her first app at age twelve.
    • The young whizz-kid became a millionaire before turning twenty.
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