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...does a guy become chief technology developer of the world's largest business-software company by age 34? Answer: by getting an early start. Shai Agassi, the diminutive Israeli wunderkind of German powerhouse SAP, programmed his first computer at age 7. "Other kids collected baseball cards," says Agassi with a grin. "I collected punch cards...
Thus far Maguire has made a career out of playing dreamy-eyed kids. He was a desperate adolescent in The Ice Storm, an undergraduate wunderkind in Wonder Boys, an innocent Candide in The Cider House Rules, and lest we forget, a secretive high school super-nerd in last year's blockbuster Spider-Man. But don't confuse him with any of those losers in real life. Offscreen, Maguire is as tough as nails, managing his resume as well as any other star in Hollywood. Look at the arc of his career. It's as perfect as the part in Peter...
...Russian tennis ace Maria Sharapova, 16, pocketed $750,000 from Prince. The lucrative deals are a risk: athletic-company endorsements mean the kids lose amateur status and can't compete in college athletics, which can push them prematurely into the pro arena. The parents of tennis wunderkind Donald Young Jr., 13--the No. 1 player in his age group in the country--have been fending off agents since he was 11. "For now, we want to keep him amateur," says Donald Young Sr. "At this point, it's not about money. We want to keep control and guide him through...
...Watanabe is the wunderkind of the bunch. After graduating from Tokyo's renowned Bunka Fashion College in 1984, he joined Kawakubo's label, Comme des Garcons. In 1992 he designed his first eponymous collection for the house...
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